night office

American  

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. the office for matins.

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Etymology

Origin of night office

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Their young voices softly droned the singsong of the night office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then Winchell has always had his own table there, and uses the Stork as his night office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Matins, the night office, typifies the pre-natal stage of life.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

Twice he changed cabs, and finally fetched up at the night office of a detective agency.

From Burning Daylight by London, Jack

Dunraven was a cracking good little village and the day operator there was Miss Mary Marsh; there was no night office.

From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by Hill, John A.