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Divine Office   /dɪvˈaɪn ˈɔfəs/   Listen
Divine Office

noun
1.
Canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church).





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... keeps to that line which is his own; but should he happen to be attracted, as he well may, by the sublimity, so congenial to him, of the Catholic doctrine and ritual, should he engage in sacred themes, should he resolve by means of his art to do honour to the Mass, or the Divine Office—(he cannot have a more pious, a better purpose, and religion will gracefully accept what he gracefully offers; but) is it not certain from the circumstances of the case, that he will be carried on rather to use religion than to ...
— Cardinal Newman as a Musician • Edward Bellasis


Words linked to "Divine Office" :   church service, Roman Catholic, Western Church, Church of Rome, office, church, Roman Church, Roman Catholic Church


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