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Meanings of canonical hour in English

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Usage of canonical hour in English
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You may think it impossible for me to reach London by the canonical hour.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6
2
The Abbey court sat in the chapter-house at the canonical hour of tierce, which was nine in the forenoon.
Sir Nigel
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Nay, as an Irishman would say, you need not even read this note till the canonical hour is past.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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Between ourselves, she has kissed away "half-past twelve," which I suppose to be the canonical hour in Hanover Square.
The Best Letters of Charles Lamb
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Between ourselves, she has kissed away "half past 12," which I suppose to be the canonical hour in Hanover Sq.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
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She would not wait for the canonical hour at which young ladies go out, but put on her bonnet directly after breakfast.
Foul Play
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A grave illness exempts from the saying of the canonical Hours.
The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary
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Vespers, the next to the last of the canonical hours-theeven-song.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
9
They had no canonical hours, no clerical costume, no liturgies.
The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitu...
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And the next morning, as soon as the canonical hours had dawned, Anegay was my wife.
Earl Hubert's Daughter / The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of ...
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For the seven canonical hours, he writes, bear a striking resemblance to the seven ages of man.
The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary
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The Canonical Hours of the Church.
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
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All day long, within the canonical hours, the door of Holchester House is perpetually opening to receive visitors.
Man and Wife
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Hence their breaking fasts, their free partaking of meats, their neglect of canonical hours, their omission of confession-viz.
The Confutatio Pontificia
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As you see, there is time for meditation and work in the intervals between the canonical hours and meals.
The Cathedral
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These are Our Lady's prayers for the canonical hours, the pages illuminated by a dove, a vase of lilies.
Wolf hall
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