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Meanings of liturgy of the hours in English

Russian
литургия часов
Portuguese
ofício divino
Spanish
oficio divino
Catalan
pregària de les hores

Canonical hours in the Roman rite of the Catholic Church.

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        Examples for "divine office"
        Examples for "divine office"
        1
        The fly, the murrain, the potato-rot, and the grasshoppers, all have a divine office in tipping over our calculations.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 / A Magazi...
        2
        This is our comfort in the ministry, that ours is a divine office to which we have been divinely called.
        Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
        3
        What form did the public prayers, which we may call the divine office, take in the time of the Apostles?
        The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary
        4
        What is the " divine office"?
        Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
        5
        It takes about an hour to say the whole divine office, but it is not intended to be said all at once.
        Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
        1
        The world is the work of God: it is therefore perfectly made.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        2
        Sister Beatrice says that his presence there was the work of God.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        3
        The cluster as well as the grape is the work of God.
        The Covenants And The Covenanters / Covenants, Sermons, and Docu...
        4
        And all the time I have been observing the works of God.
        The Witch, and Other Stories
        5
        Therefore not in every work of God do mercy and justice appear.
        Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...