Forty Hours

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noun

1. a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.

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Example Sentences

Our Lord is carried in procession always in the church and on the feast of Corpus Christi, on Holy Thursday, and during the Devotion of Forty Hours.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.

I saw it on Quinquagesima Sunday, when the devotion of the Forty Hours was in progress.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various

Ever since then she's been coming in to mass and to Forty Hours in all sorts of weather.

From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac

The prayer of the Forty Hours was offered to obtain the direction of Heaven in the choice of the missioners, and on its conclusion, the selection commenced.

From The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation by Religious of the Ursuline Community, A

The Jubilee of Forty Hours consists in the public exhibition of the consecrated host during the whole day, enclosed in a custodia, which has already been described. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous