Terce

canonical hour

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Terce is the third of the canonical hours, a specific time for prayer and worship within Christian traditions. It traditionally corresponds to the mid-morning hour, around 9:00 am. The divine office, which includes terce, is a public service of praise and worship consisting of psalms, hymns, prayers, and readings, intended to sanctify the life of the Christian community. This practice has ancient roots, with early12

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Terce, sext, and none correspond to the mid-morning, noon, and mid-afternoon hours. Compline, a night prayer, is of monastic origin, as was prime, recited in the early morning before being suppressed in 1964. The office has for centuries been primarily the responsibility of monks, who…
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Terce, sext, and none correspond to the mid-morning, noon, and mid-afternoon hours. Compline, a night prayer, is of monastic origin, as was prime, recited in the early morning before being suppressed in 1964. The office has for centuries been primarily the responsibility of monks, who…
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