canonical hour
English
Noun
canonical hour (plural canonical hours)
- The three-hour intervals of daytime religious services appointed by canon law.
- Synonyms: stound, tide
- (Christianity) The divine office or prayers appointed to each of these times of day.
- Hypernyms: Liturgy of the Hours, little hour
- Hyponyms: matins, lauds, prime, terce / tierce, sext, nones / none, vespers, complin / compline
Translations
three-hour intervals
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prayers
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See also
- book of hours
Further reading
- canonical hours on Wikipedia.Wikipedia