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Hours

1

/ ʊə /

plural noun

  1. another word for the Horae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


hours

2

/ ʊə /

plural noun

  1. a period regularly or customarily appointed for work, business, etc
  2. one's times of rising and going to bed (esp in the phrases keep regular, irregular, or late hours )
  3. an indefinite period of time
  4. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church)canonical hours
    1. the seven times of the day laid down for the recitation of the prayers of the divine office
    2. the prayers recited at these times
  5. the small hours
    the hours just after midnight
  6. till all hours
    until very late
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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