Office of Vigils
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The Office of Vigils is a traditional name for the Office of Readings, a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of Matins | 1 |
| Office of Vigils canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3457394 — 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 Vigils Context triple: [Office of Readings, hasAlternativeName, Office of Vigils]
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A.
Office of the Resurrection
The Office of the Resurrection is a liturgical service within the Jerusalem tradition that celebrates and meditates on Christ’s rising from the dead, particularly associated with the holy places of Jerusalem.
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B.
Observer Corps
The Observer Corps was a British civilian organization that visually tracked and reported aircraft movements to support the country’s air defense, especially during World War II.
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C.
Prevention Bureau
The Prevention Bureau is the division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department responsible for fire prevention, code enforcement, and public safety education.
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D.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is the law enforcement and investigative arm of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, responsible for probing fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct related to IRS programs and personnel.
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E.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is a division within the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General responsible for conducting criminal, civil, and administrative investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse affecting the department’s programs and operations.
- 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 Vigils Target entity description: The Office of Vigils is a traditional name for the Office of Readings, a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church.
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A.
Office of the Resurrection
The Office of the Resurrection is a liturgical service within the Jerusalem tradition that celebrates and meditates on Christ’s rising from the dead, particularly associated with the holy places of Jerusalem.
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B.
Observer Corps
The Observer Corps was a British civilian organization that visually tracked and reported aircraft movements to support the country’s air defense, especially during World War II.
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C.
Prevention Bureau
The Prevention Bureau is the division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department responsible for fire prevention, code enforcement, and public safety education.
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D.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is the law enforcement and investigative arm of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, responsible for probing fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct related to IRS programs and personnel.
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E.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations is a division within the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General responsible for conducting criminal, civil, and administrative investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse affecting the department’s programs and operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic liturgical practice
ⓘ
canonical hour ⓘ liturgical hour ⓘ part of the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ |
| contains |
hymns
ⓘ
orations ⓘ responsories ⓘ |
| developedFrom | ancient Christian night vigils ⓘ |
| focusesOn | extended readings ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalCharacter |
contemplative
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | to nourish prayer through extended scriptural and spiritual reading ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNameOf | Office of Readings ⓘ |
| includes |
patristic readings
ⓘ
psalms ⓘ readings from Sacred Scripture ⓘ spiritual readings ⓘ |
| isAlsoCalled | Matins ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithTimeOfDay |
early morning
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| isCelebratedBy |
clergy
ⓘ
religious ⓘ |
| isConnectedWith | Office of Readings after Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo | sanctification of time ⓘ |
| isMajorHourIn | Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ |
| isObligatoryFor |
clerics bound to the Liturgy of the Hours
ⓘ
religious bound to the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ |
| isObservedBy |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| isPartOf |
Divine Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Liturgy of the Hours
|
| isPartOfDailyPrayerOf |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| isRegulatedBy | General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ |
| isSometimesCalled |
Night Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Midnight Office
|
| isSometimesClassifiedAs | major hour of the Divine Office ⓘ |
| isStructuredAccordingTo |
liturgical calendar
ⓘ
liturgical seasons ⓘ |
| isTraditionalNameFor | Office of Readings ⓘ |
| languageOfCelebrationIncludes |
Latin
ⓘ
vernacular languages ⓘ |
| mayBeCelebrated | at any time of day ⓘ |
| mayBeCelebratedBy | lay faithful ⓘ |
| precedes | Lauds ⓘ |
| wasHistoricallyCelebrated | during the night ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Office of Vigils Description of subject: The Office of Vigils is a traditional name for the Office of Readings, a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Office of Vigils