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divine office

American  

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)

  1. office.

divine office British  

noun

  1. (sometimes capitals) the canonical prayers (in the Roman Catholic Church those of the breviary) recited daily by priests, those in religious orders, etc

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Etymology

Origin of divine office

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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He has brought divine office down to earth with a revolution in tone.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2016

"The principal concern of the brethren," he wrote, "will be the celebration of the divine office."

From Time Magazine Archive

First they set to work to find how the divine office should be celebrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

The church commences her solemn service of each of these days with that part of the divine office called matins and lauds, and at this time Tenebrae from the darkness with which it concludes.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael

They did not discontinue the two hours’ mental prayer or the choral divine office, at their proper times, and the silence, fastings, and discipline.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

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