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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book of hours

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
book of hours
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.

noun

Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

Etymology

From the books' usual division of prayers according to the canonical hours.

Inflected Forms

books of hours (plural)

Synonyms

horologion

Questions

What does book of hours mean?
An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
Where does book of hours come from?
From the books' usual division of prayers according to the canonical hours.

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