canonical hour
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Noun
canonical hour (plural canonical hours)
- The three-hour intervals of daytime appointed special religious services by canon law and the occasions of the similar irregularly scheduled services of the early morning and evening.
- (Christianity) The divine office or prayers appointed to each of these times of day.
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- (religious service): liturgy of the hours, little hours
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