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See also:HOURS, CANONICAL , certain portions of the See also:day set apart by See also:rule (See also:canon) of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church for See also:prayer and devotion. The Jewish See also:custom of praying three times a day, i.e. at the third, See also:sixth and ninth hours, was perpetuated in the See also:early See also:Christian Church (Acts ii. 15, iii. 1, x. 9), and to these were added midnight (when See also:Paul and See also:Silas sang in See also:prison), and the beginning of day and'-of See also:night. See also:Ambrose, See also:Augustine and Hilary commended the example of the psalmist who gave praise " seven times a day " (Ps. cxix. 164). The seventh (Compline, Completorium) was added by See also:Benedict. These hours were adopted especially in the monasteries as a See also:part of the canonical See also:life, and spread thence to the See also:cathedral and collegiate chapters.
Since the 6th See also:century the number and See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the hours have been fixed thus: See also:matins, lauds, See also:prime, terse, sext, none, See also:vespers, compline.
Matins theoretically belongs to midnight, but in See also:Italy it is
said about 7 or 8 A.M. and in See also:France often on the preceding evening in accordance with the statement " evening and See also:morning were one day." At matins is said the See also:Venice (Ps. xcv.) and a hymn, followed by a Nocturna or night-See also:watch (on Sundays three) which consists of twelve See also:psalms. After the nocturna comes a See also:lesson divided into three parts, one biblical and two patristic, and finally the Te Deum.
Lauds is proper to sunrise, but is mostly grouped with matins. It consists of four psalms, a canticle, psalms 148-150, a hymn, the See also:Benedictus (See also:Luke i. 68-79) and prayers.
Prime (6 A.M.), Terce (9 A.M.), Sext (See also:noon) and None (3 P.M.) are called the Little Day Hours, are often said together, and are alike in See also:character, consisting of a hymn and some sections of Ps. cxix., followed by a prayer. On Sundays the Athanasian Creed is said at prime.
Vespers or Evensong consists of five varying psalms, a hymn, the Magnificat (Luke i. 46-55) and prayers. It belongs theoretic-ally to sunset.
Compline, technically 9 P.M., but usually combined with vespers, is a prayer for See also:protection during the darkness. It consists of the See also:general See also:confession, four fixed psalms, a hymn, the Nunc dimittis (Luke ii. 29-32), prayers and a See also:Commemoration of the Virgin. ._
The See also:term " canonical hours " is also used of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time during which See also:English marriages may be solemnized without See also:special See also:licence, i.e. between 8 A.M. and 3 r:M.
End of Article: HOURS, CANONICAL
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