1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary, or the offices set for them (namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline).
七段祈祷时刻的祈祷（即赞美经、晨经、辰时经、午时经、申初经、晚课和晚祷）
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During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts.
Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does.
At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin.
She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen.
According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces.
2(in the Church of England) the time during which a marriage may lawfully be celebrated (usually between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.).
（英国国教）教会婚礼法定时间（一般在上午8点至下午6点之间）
Definition of canonical hours in US English:
canonical hours
plural noun
1The times of daily Christian prayer appointed in the breviary.
（基督教每日的）祈祷时刻
Example sentencesExamples
According to Isaac Walton, Herbert daily read the offices of morning and evening prayer ‘at the canonical hours of ten and four’ with his wife and three nieces.
She ignores the canonical hours and her Spiritual Father because she is too busy rummaging for food to feed the poor from her soup kitchen.
At first the bells marked the six canonical hours and the eight hours of the Virgin.
During the daily and nightly recitation of the canonical hours (which did not involve lay participation), screens protected the ecclesiastical communities from chill and drafts.
Because they were not spaced equally apart, the canonical hours provided a concept of time that, in addition to changing throughout the year and from location to location, did not flow evenly as modern time does.
1.1The offices set for canonical hours, namely matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.