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little hours

little hours is the plural of little hour.

Meaning of little hour

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

Questions about little hours

What is little hours the plural of?
Little hours is the plural of little hour.

Words near little hours in the dictionary

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