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

He sent me to Whiting, Indiana, sixteen miles from Chicago, with instructions to take charge of the night office, at a salary of forty dollars per month.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

The night office began about 2 a.m., when the nuns rose from their beds and entered their choir, where Matins were said, followed immediately by Lauds.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

The night office of vigils dates from the very earliest days of Christianity.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.