canonical hours

By the fourth century, the elements of the canonical hours were more or less established.

They would have announced the canonical hours or intervals between set times of prayer.

The organized order of prayers called "canonical hours" come from Jewish tradition.

As is noted above, the canonical hours stemmed from Jewish prayer.

A detailed account of these will be found in the article Canonical Hours.

It was not to be said during the recitation of the office, but at certain fixed times between the canonical Hours, as is explained below.

Traditionally the canonical hours were chanted by the participating clergy.

The ecclesiastical day has five divisions, known as the Canonical hours with four three hour tides between.

The action occurs in seven days subdivided in different Canonical hours.

Traditionally, the daily life of the Benedictine revolved around the eight canonical hours.

During the Passion Week readings are assigned for each of the major canonical hours.

He thus reduced the relative importance of Matins with respect to the other canonical hours.

Canonical hours varied in length as the times of sunrise and sunset shifted.

Vespers is the evening prayer service in the liturgies of the canonical hours.

A priest "said his breviary" that is, recited the canonical hours.

It offers room for 24 nuns and provides a public chapel for canonical hours.

Canonical hours refer to the division of day and night for the purpose of prayers.

Such books contained prayers to be said by lay faithful at each of the canonical hours of the day.

By the 14th century, these breviaries contained the entire text of the canonical hours.

Canonical hours have their roots in Jewish prayer hours.

The services of the Canonical Hours are much longer during Great Lent.

The development of mechanical clocks in Europe was motivated by the need to ring bells upon the canonical hours to call the community to prayer.

The shhimo has offices for the canonical hours for each day of the week.

Religious communities live together under a common rule, reciting the Canonical hours and celebrating the Eucharist daily.

This manner of counting the hours still survives in the Catholic Church as "canonical hours."