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liturgy of the hours

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables
litur-gy of the hours
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of Liturgy of the Hours.

Uncountable

noun

A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons, as well as priests of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

liturgies of the hours (plural)

Synonyms

breviary divine office canonical hours

Questions

What does liturgy of the hours mean?
Alternative form of Liturgy of the Hours.

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