Definition of canonical hours in English:

canonical hours

plural noun

1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary, or the offices set for them (namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline).
Example sentencesExamples
- During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts.
- Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does.
- At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin.
- She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen.
- According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces.
2(in the Church of England) the time during which a marriage may lawfully be celebrated (usually between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.).

Definition of canonical hours in US English:

canonical hours

plural noun

1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary.
Example sentencesExamples
- According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces.
- She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen.
- At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin.
- During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts.
- Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does.
1. 1.1 The offices set for canonical hours, namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.

单词	canonical hours
释义	Definition of canonical hours in English: canonical hours plural noun 1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary, or the offices set for them (namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline). Example sentencesExamples During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts. Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does. At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin. She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen. According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces. 2(in the Church of England) the time during which a marriage may lawfully be celebrated (usually between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.). Definition of canonical hours in US English: canonical hours plural noun 1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary. Example sentencesExamples According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces. She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen. At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin. During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts. Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does. 1.1 The offices set for canonical hours, namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
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