book of hours

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Etymology

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

Noun

book of hours (plural books of hours)

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  1. (Christianity, chiefly historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
  2. (Christianity) Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

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