English Dictionary

little hour

noun

(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.

I have a little hour to spare before my meeting.

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 […]