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

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divine office

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

She also forbade all meetings where the divine office was reduced to only the reading of the Bible.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne

There was a continual murmuring all through the divine office.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand