book of hours

English

Etymology

From the books' usual division of prayers according to the canonical hours.

Noun

book of hours (plural books of hours)

1. (Christianity, chiefly historical) An illuminated Catholic devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages.
2. (Christianity) Synonym of horologion, the equivalent of the breviary in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

Translations

illuminated devotional book from the Middle Ages

• Dutch: getijdenboek (nl) n
• Finnish: tuntikirja
• French: livre d’heures (fr) m
• German: Stundenbuch (de) n
• Polish: godzinki (pl) f pl
• Russian: часосло́в (ru) m (časoslóv)