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little hour

little hour noun: one of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.

Noun

little hour (plural little hours)

  1. One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.
    • […] the principal collect was said at Terce and at the little hour immediately preceding the High Mass […]1932, The Monastic Breviary of Hyde Abbey, Winchester, volume 6, page 205

Forms of little hour

plurallittle hours

Questions about little hour

What does little hour mean?
Little hour means one of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.
What part of speech is little hour?
Little hour is a noun.
What is the plural of little hour?
The plural of little hour is little hours.

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