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Divine office

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liturgy of the hoursnoun(Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy) A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons, as well as priests of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.
canonical hournoun(Christianity) The divine office or prayers appointed to each of these times of day.
officenoun(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
hournoun(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
nonesnoun(Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.
horarynounA plan or programme that gives the hours at which events are to take place; a timetable; a horarium.
liturgynounAn official worship service of the Christian church.
orthrosnoun(Eastern Orthodoxy) The divine office or service at dawn.
divine liturgynounThe Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic eucharistic service.
nocturnnoun(Christianity) The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
horologionnoun(Christianity) A liturgical book containing the daily offices of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
horologynounThe art, science, and technology of making and maintaining timekeeping devices such as clocks, watches and sundials.
uhtsongnoun(Christianity, obsolete) Matins.
little hournoun(Christianity) One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.
diurnalnounA flower that opens only in the day.
breviarynounA book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
book of hoursnoun(Christianity, chiefly historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
word of lifenounSynonym of the Bible.
matinsnounMorning prayers.
holy officenounThe Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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