little hour

English

Noun

little hour (plural little hours)

1. (Christianity) One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.
   • 1932, The Monastic Breviary of Hyde Abbey, Winchester, volume 6, page 205:

     […] the principal collect was said at Terce and at the little hour immediately preceding the High Mass […]

Translations

minor canonical hour

• Polish: godzinki (pl) nvir