divine office

American  

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)

1. office.

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divine office British  

noun

1. (sometimes capitals) the canonical prayers (in the Roman Catholic Church those of the breviary) recited daily by priests, those in religious orders, etc

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Etymology

Origin of divine office

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

He has brought divine office down to earth with a revolution in tone.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2016

"The principal concern of the brethren," he wrote, "will be the celebration of the divine office."

From Time Magazine Archive

First they set to work to find how the divine office should be celebrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

A. Vespers is a portion of the divine office or daily prayer of the Church.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

The priest, when he had finished the divine office, and arranged his affairs as well as time permitted, began himself to think of flight, that the shepherd might be with his flock.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander