■ noun a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at the sixth hour of the day (i.e. noon).
Origin
ME: from L. ~a (hora) 'sixth (hour)', from ~us 'sixth'.
■ noun a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at the sixth hour of the day (i.e. noon).
Origin
ME: from L. ~a (hora) 'sixth (hour)', from ~us 'sixth'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004