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office
1. (in Britain) a department of the national government
2. in the US
a. a governmental agency, esp of the Federal government
b. a subdivision of such an agency or of a department
3. a place where tickets, information, etc., can be obtained
4. Christianity
a. a ceremony or service, prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, esp one for the dead
b. the order or form of these
c. RC Church the official daily service
d. short for divine office

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Rachmaninoff used the various psalms, antiphons and responses from three elements of the Orthodox Divine Office as the text for the "All-Night Vigil.
That takes a long time, years of the Divine Office, prayer, and, mostly, community life.
It wasn't until after I began praying the Divine Office that I discovered a new place for me, a place filled with the echoes and spirits of all those who pray it.
 
 
 
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