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Canonical hours

In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark the divisions of the day in terms of fixed times of prayer at regular intervals. A book of hours, chiefly a breviary, normally contains a version of, or selection from, such prayers.

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related to Lutheran Rite · 37
Canonical hours → As, Auflösung, Cantica Sacra, Compline, Daily Office, Evangelical Lutheran, Formen, German, German Lutheran, Gregorian, In, In Lutheran Scandinavia, Kirche Deutschlands, Latin, Lauds, Like, Lutheran, Lutheran Church, Lutheran Germany, Magdeburg Cathedral
related to Methodist usage · 32
Canonical hours → Book, Church, Compline, Daily Office, England, Evening, Great Britain, It, John Fletcher Hurst, John Wesley, Macdonald, Methodist Daily Office, Methodists, Mid-Afternoon, Mid-Morning, Morning, Noon, Offices, Oxford Methodism, Rev
related to Judaism and the early church · 18
Canonical hours → After, Babylonian, During, Eventually, Exodus, God, In, Israelite, Jerusalem, Jewish, Judea, Old Testament, Solomon's Temple, Tabernacle, Temple, The, This, Torah
related to Alexandrian Rite · 16
Canonical hours → Agpeya, Alexandria, Bishops, Byzantine, Byzantine Horologion, Byzantine Midnight Office, Coptic Catholic Church, Coptic Orthodox Church, Monks, Prayer, Priests, Seven, The, The Alexandrian Rite, The Coptic, Veil
related to Second Vatican Council revisions · 11
Canonical hours → Catholic Book Publishing Corp, Catholic Church's Roman Rite, Church, Following, Hours, Liturgia Horarum, Prime, Second Vatican Council, The, The Liturgy, The Roman
related to Diurnal offices · 10
Canonical hours → At, Benedict, Ecclesiastical Latin, Interpretation, It, Nursia, Psalm, Seven, The, Vespers
related to Middle Ages · 7
Canonical hours → As, By, Christian, East, For, Offices, West
related to Aggregates · 4
Canonical hours → Evening, Midday, Morning, The

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prayer hours office day church morning daily evening matins book service vespers services canonical compline also psalms breviary night published

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Canonical hoursrelated to AggregatesThe0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to AggregatesEvening0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to AggregatesMorning0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to AggregatesMidday0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteThe Alexandrian Rite0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteCoptic Orthodox Church0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteAlexandria0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteCoptic Catholic Church0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteThe0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteThe Coptic0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteByzantine Horologion0.60section
Canonical hoursrelated to Alexandrian RiteAgpeya0.60section

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