Ninth Hour
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Ninth Hour is a fixed daily prayer service in the Eastern Christian liturgical tradition, observed in the mid-afternoon as part of the cycle of canonical hours.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ninth Hour canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1222319 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ninth Hour Context triple: [Horologion, includesService, Ninth Hour]
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A.
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy drama film about the early history of the CIA, directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
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B.
Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
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C.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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D.
Book of Signs
The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
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E.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ninth Hour Target entity description: Ninth Hour is a fixed daily prayer service in the Eastern Christian liturgical tradition, observed in the mid-afternoon as part of the cycle of canonical hours.
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A.
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy drama film about the early history of the CIA, directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
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B.
Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
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C.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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D.
Book of Signs
The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
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E.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Christian liturgical office
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canonical hour ⓘ fixed daily prayer service ⓘ |
| approximateTime | around 3 p.m. ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Psalms
ⓘ
fixed hymns ⓘ prayers ⓘ troparia ⓘ |
| category |
Christian liturgy
ⓘ
Christian prayer ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Passion of Christ
ⓘ
death of Jesus on the cross ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Ninth Hour in Western Christian tradition
ⓘ
Nones ⓘ |
| etymology | named for the ninth hour of the day in ancient timekeeping ⓘ |
| frequency | daily ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
dismissal
ⓘ
priestly blessings ⓘ psalmody ⓘ scripture readings ⓘ |
| languageTraditions |
Arabic
ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ Geʽez ⓘ Greek ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Catholic rites
Oriental Orthodox rites ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeasonVariation |
Lent
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lent
Holy Week ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
Eastern Christian laity ⓘ Eastern Christian monastics ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern-rite Catholic monastic communities ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
|
| partOf |
cycle of canonical hours
ⓘ
daily office ⓘ |
| purpose |
regular daily prayer
ⓘ
sanctification of the afternoon hours ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| sequenceInDay |
follows the Sixth Hour
ⓘ
precedes Vespers ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | mid-afternoon ⓘ |
| usedIn |
monastic communities
ⓘ
parish churches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ninth Hour Description of subject: Ninth Hour is a fixed daily prayer service in the Eastern Christian liturgical tradition, observed in the mid-afternoon as part of the cycle of canonical hours.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.