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Meaning of little hour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Polski godzinki

Examples

“[…] the principal collect was said at Terce and at the little hour immediately preceding the High Mass […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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