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The West Christian office for the night, derived from the vigils of the primitive church and so called until the 11th cent. In the Rule of St Benedict it was ...

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in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 687 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 135 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 47 words

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