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Definition of Divine office
1. Noun. Canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church).
Category relationships: Church, Church Service, Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Office
Generic synonyms: Office
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divine Office
Literary usage of Divine office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"I. THE EXPRESSION " divine office", signifying etymologically a duty accomplished
for God, or in virtue of a Divine precept, means, in ecclesiastical ..."
2. Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, Hope Malleson (1897)
"THE divine office. The Roman Breviary and the divine office—Explanation and ...
THE divine office is the church's daily office of prayer- and until the end ..."
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