HyperDic: divine_office

English > 1 sense of the expression Divine Office:
NOUNactDivine Officecanonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)
English > Divine Office: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningCanonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church).
CategoryRoman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman ChurchThe Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
church service, churchA service conducted in a house of worship
BroaderofficeA religious ... / religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

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