"book of hours" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Books, Roman Catholicism Translations (illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages): llibre d'hores [masculine] (Catalan), 時禱書 (Chinese Mandarin), 时祷书 (shídǎoshū) (Chinese Mandarin), getijdenboek [neuter] (Dutch), tuntien kirja (Finnish), livre d’heures [masculine] (French), Stundenbuch [neuter] (German), leabhar na dtráthanna [masculine] (Irish), godzinki [feminine, plural] (Polish), часосло́в (časoslóv) [masculine] (Russian), часослов (časoslov) [masculine] (Ukrainian), llyfr oriau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-book_of_hours-en-noun-Pa2WTsW4 Disambiguation of Books: 49 51 Disambiguation of Roman Catholicism: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 58 42 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages': 87 13
  2. (Christianity) Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism. Categories (topical): Christianity, Books, Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy Synonyms: horologion [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-book_of_hours-en-noun-VXRsP~G3 Disambiguation of Books: 49 51 Disambiguation of Eastern Catholicism: 44 56 Disambiguation of Eastern Orthodoxy: 39 61 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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