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canonical hour
noun
- Ecclesiastical. any of certain periods of the day set apart for prayer and devotion: these are matins and lauds, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
canonical hour
noun
- RC Church
- one of the seven prayer times appointed for each day by canon law
- the services prescribed for these times, namely matins, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline
- Church of England any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at which marriages may lawfully be celebrated
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canonical hour1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
Leech draws the baronet awakened by his servant, but too late: the canonical hour has passed.
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The Abbey court sat in the chapter-house at the canonical hour of tierce, which was nine in the forenoon.
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Here it means the canonical hour for prayer so called, to announce which bells were rung.
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Deuce of any ghost shall we see to-night; it's long past the canonical hour.
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You may think it impossible for me to reach London by the canonical hour.
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