little hours
plural nounRoman Catholic Church.
the hours of prime, tierce, sext, and nones, and sometimes also vespers and compline.
Origin of little hours
1First recorded in 1870–75
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How to use little hours in a sentence
It was crowded now; the roaring business of the little hours was in full swing.
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesMerrily the evening passed off, and merrily the little hours came on, and song and laugh rather grew gayer than slackened.
British Dictionary definitions for little hours
little hours
pl n
RC Church the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
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