"book of hours" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: books of hours [plural]
Etymology: From the books' usual division of prayers according to the canonical hours. Head templates: {{en-noun|books of hours}} book of hours (plural books of hours)
  1. (Christianity, chiefly historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages): getijdenboek [neuter] (Dutch), tuntikirja (Finnish), livre d’heures [masculine] (French), Stundenbuch [neuter] (German), godzinki [feminine, plural] (Polish), часосло́в (časoslóv) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-book_of_hours-en-noun-Pa2WTsW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages': 92 8
  2. (Christianity) Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Categories (topical): Christianity, Books, Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism Synonyms: horologion [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-book_of_hours-en-noun-VXRsP~G3 Disambiguation of Books: 38 62 Disambiguation of Eastern Catholicism: 37 63 Disambiguation of Eastern Orthodoxy: 29 71 Disambiguation of Roman Catholicism: 40 60 Topics: Christianity

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