Three Hours

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.

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Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton A Somerset school is under siege in this tensely emotional thriller, unfolding over the titular three hours: ordinary heroes are revealed, as teachers and pupils are tested by extraordinary events.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2020

The Three Hours Devotion will include meditations, music and prayer throughout with Communion administered from the Reserved Sacrament during the third hour.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2014

“Spend An Entire Three Hours on a Greyhound Bus!” the brochures proclaimed.

From Washington Post

The criticisms of the Shakespeare, of Three Hours and the Epistle to Burlington, and of Pope’s plagiarism are perfectly conventional.

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by Guerinot, J. V. (Joseph V.)

We propose to compile a little handbook for truants, which we shall call “How to Spend Three Hours at Lunch Time.”

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher