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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The times of day, historically including matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline, at which canon law prescribes certain prayers to be said.
- noun plural The prayers said at these times.
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- noun plural The
times ofday at whichcanon law prescribes certainprayers to be said;matins withlauds ,prime ,tierce ,sext ,nones ,vespers , andcomplin - noun The prayers said at these times
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