Holy Hourn.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊlɪ ˌaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊli ˌaʊ(ə)r/, Irish English

/ˈhoʊlɪ ˌaʊ(ə)r/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: holy adj., hour n.

Etymology: < holy adj. + hour n.In sense 1 after French heure sainte (1731 or earlier); the practice was introduced by Marguerite-Marie Alacoque in Paray-le-Monial, France. In sense 2 with allusion to the religious motivation behind this requirement.

1. In the Roman Catholic Church: a devotional exercise or religious observance consisting of an hour of prayer or meditation in the presence of the consecrated Eucharist.

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1869 Month Dec. 629 The beautiful Devotion of the Holy Hour, by which the Faithful are invited to spend that hour in the week which corresponds to our Blessed Lord's Agony in the Garden in prayer and meditation.

1896 Donahoe's Mag. Jan. 94/1 I called on a friend..and she invited me to church for the ‘Holy Hour’.

1914 Irish Examiner 6 Mar. 4 The Devotion of the Holy Hour will take place at SS. Peter and Paul's Church from 2.30 to 3.30 today.

2016 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 31 Mar. The Holy Hour will include Eucharistic adoration, music, silence, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

2. Irish English colloquial. A period of time in the afternoon during which pubs are required to close. Now historical.This requirement was introduced in some parts of Ireland in the 1920s and was discontinued at the end of the 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date > for something spec.

payday1529

settling day1806

cocktail hour1893

happy hour1914

airdate1950

Holy Hour1953

1953 H. Tracy Mind You, I've said Nothing vii. 89 The pub was just closing for the Holy Hour as I came up to it and entry could only be gained by a subterfuge.

1977 M. Begley Rambles in Ireland (1978) 193 Dublin & Cork: Pubs close for ‘Holy Hour’ 2:30-3:30 p.m.

2019 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 May (Opinion section) 15 The famous ‘Holy Hour’..wasn't always as successful as temperance campaigners wished, often locking customers in rather than out.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	holy hour
释义	Holy Hourn. Brit. /ˈhəʊlɪ ˌaʊə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊli ˌaʊ(ə)r/, Irish English /ˈhoʊlɪ ˌaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: holy adj., hour n. Etymology: < holy adj. + hour n.In sense 1 after French heure sainte (1731 or earlier); the practice was introduced by Marguerite-Marie Alacoque in Paray-le-Monial, France. In sense 2 with allusion to the religious motivation behind this requirement. 1. In the Roman Catholic Church: a devotional exercise or religious observance consisting of an hour of prayer or meditation in the presence of the consecrated Eucharist. ΚΠ 1869 Month Dec. 629 The beautiful Devotion of the Holy Hour, by which the Faithful are invited to spend that hour in the week which corresponds to our Blessed Lord's Agony in the Garden in prayer and meditation. 1896 Donahoe's Mag. Jan. 94/1 I called on a friend..and she invited me to church for the ‘Holy Hour’. 1914 Irish Examiner 6 Mar. 4 The Devotion of the Holy Hour will take place at SS. Peter and Paul's Church from 2.30 to 3.30 today. 2016 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 31 Mar. The Holy Hour will include Eucharistic adoration, music, silence, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. 2. Irish English colloquial. A period of time in the afternoon during which pubs are required to close. Now historical.This requirement was introduced in some parts of Ireland in the 1920s and was discontinued at the end of the 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > an appointed or fixed time, day, or date > for something spec. payday1529 settling day1806 cocktail hour1893 happy hour1914 airdate1950 Holy Hour1953 1953 H. Tracy Mind You, I've said Nothing vii. 89 The pub was just closing for the Holy Hour as I came up to it and entry could only be gained by a subterfuge. 1977 M. Begley Rambles in Ireland (1978) 193 Dublin & Cork: Pubs close for ‘Holy Hour’ 2:30-3:30 p.m. 2019 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 May (Opinion section) 15 The famous ‘Holy Hour’..wasn't always as successful as temperance campaigners wished, often locking customers in rather than out. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1869
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