Definitions for canonical hour
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
canon′ical hour′(n.)
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.
Category: Religion
Origin of canonical hour:
1400–50
Princeton's WordNet
canonical hour(noun)
(Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
Wiktionary
canonical hour(Noun)
Any of certain times of day at which specified prayers are said according to canon law
canonical hour(Noun)
The prayers said at these times
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