Office of Readings

E72938

canonical hour liturgical hour

The Office of Readings is a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours that features extended Scripture passages and spiritual writings for meditation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Readings canonical	7
Office of Readings for Saint Joseph	1
Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T584314 — 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: Office of Readings
Context triple: [Holy Saturday, hasLiturgicalHour, Office of Readings]

A. Dicastery for Legislative Texts
The Dicastery for Legislative Texts is the Vatican department responsible for interpreting and ensuring the correct application of canon law within the Catholic Church.
B. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
C. Office of the Executive Director
The Office of the Executive Director is an administrative unit within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs that oversees the bureau’s management, budget, and operational support functions.
D. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
E. Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is a Vatican department responsible for promoting and guiding the Catholic Church’s relations and dialogue with followers of other religions worldwide.
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: Office of Readings
Target entity description: The Office of Readings is a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours that features extended Scripture passages and spiritual writings for meditation.

A. Dicastery for Legislative Texts
The Dicastery for Legislative Texts is the Vatican department responsible for interpreting and ensuring the correct application of canon law within the Catholic Church.
B. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
C. Office of the Executive Director
The Office of the Executive Director is an administrative unit within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs that oversees the bureau’s management, budget, and operational support functions.
D. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
E. Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue is a Vatican department responsible for promoting and guiding the Catholic Church’s relations and dialogue with followers of other religions worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canonical hour ⓘ liturgical hour ⓘ
associatedWith	Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ surface form: Divine Office
canBeCelebratedAs	Vigil ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith	Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ surface form: Office of Readings with Morning Prayer
celebratedBy	clergy ⓘ laity ⓘ religious ⓘ
follows	psalmody schema of four-week psalter ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Matins ⓘ Office of Vigils ⓘ Vigils ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	can be celebrated at any time of day ⓘ extended Scripture readings ⓘ meditative character ⓘ patristic readings ⓘ spiritual readings ⓘ
hasComponent	antiphons ⓘ concluding prayer ⓘ hymn ⓘ long Scripture reading ⓘ non-biblical reading ⓘ psalm-prayers ⓘ psalms ⓘ responsories ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	major hour ⓘ
hasPurpose	meditation on Scripture ⓘ sanctification of time ⓘ
languageOfOfficialEdition	Latin ⓘ
mayInclude	hagiographical texts ⓘ writings of saints ⓘ writings of the Fathers of the Church ⓘ
obligatoryFor	Latin-rite clerics ⓘ
observes	liturgical feasts ⓘ liturgical seasons ⓘ liturgical solemnities ⓘ
partOf	Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
preReformName	Matins ⓘ
promulgatedIn	1970 ⓘ
reformedBy	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
regulatedBy	General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
textPublishedIn	Part Four: Christian Prayer ⓘ surface form: Christian Prayer (abbreviated form) Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ surface form: Liturgia Horarum Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Hours (English 4-volume set)
usedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
usedIn	Roman Rite ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Holy Saturday → hasLiturgicalHour → Office of Readings ⓘ

Te Deum → liturgicalPlacement → Office of Readings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary → hasProperOffice → Office of Readings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Readings for Saint Joseph

Liturgy of the Hours → contains → Office of Readings ⓘ

Matins → modernRomanCatholicEquivalent → Office of Readings ⓘ

Antiphonale Romanum → hasSection → Office of Readings ⓘ

Divine Worship: Daily Office → hasComponent → Office of Readings ⓘ

Office of Vigils → hasTraditionalNameOf → Office of Readings ⓘ

Office of Vigils → isTraditionalNameFor → Office of Readings ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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