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LITTLE OFFICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Little Office" is a kind of...):
office (a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)