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An illuminated Christian devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
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A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
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The three-hour intervals of daytime religious services appointed by canon law.
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Characteristic of a director.
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Synonym of Liturgy of the Hours
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(education, publishing) A book for children who are learning to read, usually consisting of pictures and some basic words or phrases.
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(rare, ecclesiastical) A book containing the divine offices for the various canonical hours.
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A liturgical book in the Eastern Church, containing the daily offices corresponding to the Western breviary.
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The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound (/θ/) in Pitman shorthand.
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(education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
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Alternative form of Liturgy of the Hours. [(Catholicism) A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.]
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A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece.
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(Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
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(historical) A funeral ceremony held by the Ancient Romans nine days after the burial.
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Obsolete form of portass. [(obsolete) A breviary; a prayer book.]
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(obsolete) A breviary; a prayer book.
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Obsolete form of portass. [(obsolete) A breviary; a prayer book.]
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(historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
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(Catholicism) Synonym of breviary, which arranges the Psalms for devotional recitation.
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quadragesimal sermons or offerings
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(theater, literature) The classical unity that states that a play should exist in a single physical space and should not attempt to compress geography, nor should the stage represent more than one place.
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A book containing details of the chants and rituals associated with vespers.
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Someone who participates in some manner in the development of a yearbook.
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Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist [The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.]
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