单词 | the forty hours |
释义 | > as lemmasthe forty hours e. the forty hours (also qualifying devotion, etc.; Italian le quarant' ore): in the Roman Catholic Church, the continuous exposition of the Host for forty hours, used as an occasion of special devotion or intercession. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > [noun] > 40 hours devotion to the forty hours1759 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 560 The saint..ordered the forty hours prayer for his recovery. 1839 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici IX. iii. 79 The devotion of the forty hours prayer instituted by a poor Capuchin friar, Joseph of Milan. 1869 A. T. Drane Life Mother Margaret Hallahan vii. 189 During the Octave of Corpus Christi this year the Devotion of the Forty Hours was for the first time celebrated in St. Catherine's Convent. 1922 Catholic Encycl. Suppl. I. 29/1 The Forty Hours' Adoration. 1967 New Catholic Encycl. V. 1036/1 Forty hours devotion. A continuous period of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, begun and terminated with a solemn high Mass, procession where possible, Litany of the Saints, and special prayers. 1967 New Catholic Encycl. V. 1036/2 Forty Hours has come to be a devotion simply honoring the Blessed Sacrament rather than a means of making reparation or of petitioning for peace. < as lemmas |
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