Sext

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Sext is one of the traditional daytime prayer hours in Christian liturgy, typically observed around midday.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sext canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical prayer ⓘ
canonical hour ⓘ
daytime prayer ⓘ
approximateTime 12:00 ⓘ
approximateTimeRange 11:00–13:00 ⓘ
associatedWith daytime prayer cycle ⓘ
category Christian liturgy ⓘ
Christian prayer ⓘ
correspondsToHour sixth hour of the day ⓘ
etymology Latin word "sexta" meaning "sixth" ⓘ
follows Terce ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hora Sexta ⓘ
linked to: Sixth Hour

Sixth Hour ⓘ
historicalAssociation monastic communities ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
liturgicalFunction remembrance of Christ's Passion ⓘ
sanctification of the middle of the day ⓘ
observanceTime daytime ⓘ
observedOn Sundays ⓘ
feast days ⓘ
weekdays ⓘ
partOf Divine Office ⓘ
Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
canonical hours ⓘ
positionInDay midday ⓘ
practicedBy clergy ⓘ
lay faithful ⓘ
religious orders ⓘ
precedes None ⓘ
Nones ⓘ
relatedConcept Compline ⓘ
Lauds ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
None ⓘ
Prime ⓘ
Terce ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
timeOfDayType midday office ⓘ
traditionalStructureIncludes collect ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
psalms ⓘ
short reading ⓘ
versicles and responses ⓘ
usedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

other Western Christian traditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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