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Preferred term

Divine Office  

Definition

  • The service of prayer and praise, psalms, lessons, hymns, etc., which all priests and certain clerics are obliged to recite daily: Matins and Lauds (qq.v.), Prime, Terce, Sext, Nones (q.v.), Vespers (q.v.) and Compline

Synonym(s)

  • Canonical hours
  • SEVEN CANONICAL HOURS

Notation

  • 112226

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-BRZ4MRRT-3

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