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LAUDS , LAUDS
The morning hour of the Divine Office. The term "lauds" is derived from its nature as praise (laud) and from the Laudes or the three Psalms (14… mattins , Mattins or Matins. The West Christian office for the night, derived from the vigils of the primitive church and so called until the 11th cent. In the… Vespers , Vespers
The Church's evening prayer, one of the two main hours of the daily Office. The Latin word vesper, from which it takes its name, means evenin… Prayer , Prayer
Gender and sexual identity have had varying implications for prayer in different devotional traditions, sects, and denominations, related prim… Recollection , A type of attention whereby the individual excludes voluntary distractions, internal and external, to concentrate all his powers on introspection. Al… Morning , morn·ing / ˈmôrning/ • n. the period of time between midnight and noon, esp. from sunrise to noon: I toiled in the fields from morning till night it…
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