Daily Office

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Christian liturgical practice form of daily prayer

The Daily Office is a structured pattern of daily Christian prayer services, especially in liturgical traditions, that organizes psalms, readings, and prayers throughout the day.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Morning Prayer 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical practice ⓘ
form of daily prayer ⓘ
aimsTo sanctify the day with prayer ⓘ
associatedWith fixed-hour prayer ⓘ
liturgical spirituality ⓘ
basedOn Jewish hours of prayer ⓘ
early Christian prayer customs ⓘ
developedFrom monastic prayer traditions ⓘ
frequency daily ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Canonical Hours ⓘ
Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Divine Office

Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
Office ⓘ
hasComponent canticles ⓘ
hymns ⓘ
intercessions ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
psalms ⓘ
scripture readings ⓘ
thanksgivings ⓘ
hasPurpose formation in Christian spirituality ⓘ
regular recitation of scripture ⓘ
structured daily worship ⓘ
includesOffice Compline ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
surface form: Lauds

Matins ⓘ
None ⓘ
Prime ⓘ
Sext ⓘ
Terce ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
organizedBy liturgical calendar ⓘ
times of day ⓘ
practicedBy clergy ⓘ
lay Christians ⓘ
monastics ⓘ
primarySources Psalms ⓘ
surface form: Book of Psalms

Epistles ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
usedInTradition Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran churches

Methodist churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

some Reformed churches ⓘ
usedWithText Book of Common Prayer ⓘ
Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Liturgy of the Hours (Roman Catholic)

breviary ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord’s Prayer → componentOf → Daily Office ⓘ
Holy Saturday → hasLiturgicalHour → Daily Office ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morning Prayer
Anglican rite → includesService → Daily Office ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morning Prayer
Anglican rite → includesService → Daily Office ⓘ
Common Worship → liturgicalUse → Daily Office ⓘ
this entity surface form: Morning Prayer