释义 |
canonical hour noun 1. : any of certain stated times of the day appointed by various churches for the offices of prayer and devotion — see compline, laud, matins, none, prime, sext, tierce, vesper 2. : any of the hours of the period from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. before and after which marriage cannot be legally performed in any parish church in England 3. : an appropriate or climactic hour or time |