Canonical-hour
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.
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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pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons. included in the canon of the Bible. authorized; recognized; accepted: canonical works. Mathematics. (of an equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form. following the pattern of a musical canon. Linguistics. (of a form or pattern) characteristic, general or basic: the canonical form of […]
- Canonically
pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons. included in the canon of the Bible. authorized; recognized; accepted: canonical works. Mathematics. (of an equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form. following the pattern of a musical canon. Linguistics. (of a form or pattern) characteristic, general or basic: the canonical form of […]
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