"little hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} little hour (plural little hours)
  1. (Christianity) One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers. Wikipedia link: Little Hours Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (minor canonical hour): godzinki [nonvirile] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-little_hour-en-noun-mD9HD0Wh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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