the daily canonical hours
31Breviaries — Breviary Bre vi*a*ry, n.; pl. {Breviaries}. [F. br[ e]viarie, L. breviarium summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis short. See {Brief}, and cf. {Brevier}.] 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or… …
32Breviary — Bre vi*a*ry, n.; pl. {Breviaries}. [F. br[ e]viarie, L. breviarium summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis short. See {Brief}, and cf. {Brevier}.] 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.… …
33vespers — ves·pers also Ves·pers (vĕsʹpərz) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. Ecclesiastical. a. The sixth of the seven canonical hours. b. A worship service held in the late afternoon or evening in many Western Christian churches. c. The time of… …
34Abbey — • A monastery canonically erected and autonomous, with a community of not fewer than twelve religious; monks under the government of an abbot; nuns under that of an abbess Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abbey Abbey …
35diurnal — [dī ʉr′nəl] adj. [ME < L diurnalis < diurnus, daily < dies, day: see DEITY] 1. occurring each day; daily 2. of, done, or happening in the daytime: opposed to NOCTURNAL 3. a) Bot. opening in the daytime and closing at night: said of a… …
36Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
37BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
38Mary Jane Kelly — The canonical five Jack the Ripper victims Mary Ann Nichols Annie Chapman Elizabeth Stride Catherine Eddowes Mary Jane Kelly Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863 – 9 November 1888), also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma , Ginger and Black Mary , is… …
39Midnight Office — The Midnight Office (Greek: Μεσονύκτικον, Mesonýtikon; Slavonic: Полунощница, Polúnoshnitsa; Romanian: Miezonoptică) is one of the Canonical Hours that compose the cycle of daily worship in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The office originated as a… …
40Horologion — The Horologion (Greek: ῾Ωρολόγιον; Church Slavonic: Часocлoвъ, Chasoslov , Romanian: Ceaslov), or Book of Hours, provides the fixed portions of the Daily Cycle of services (Greek: akolouthies , polytonic|ἀκολουθίες) as used by the Eastern… …
