English Dictionary

little hour

名詞

(Christianity) One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.

日本語の意味

（キリスト教における）正課時間の一つ。通常、プライム、テアース、セックス、ノーネス、そしてしばしばクリームの儀式を指し、これらはマティンズ、ローツ、ヴェスペルスという主要な三大時課よりも短く、重要性が低いとされる時間帯

After morning prayers, the monks gathered again for the little hour before their labor.

朝の祈りの後、修道士たちは労働に入る前の小時課のために再び集まった。

意味（1）

(Christianity) One of the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, nones, and usually compline, the services of which are shorter and considered less important than the three major hours of matins, lauds, and vespers.

[…] the principal collect was said at Terce and at the little hour immediately preceding the High Mass […]

little hours （ plural ）