The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1024 page)

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Houris
(beautiful maidens of Paradise in Islam)
:
see
R
.
Hours, canonical
.
The individual services of the divine
office
. In both E. and W. Christianity, these have traditionally been reckoned as seven, following Psalm 119. 164:
mattins
and
lauds
(counted together as one hour),
prime, terce, sext, none
,
vespers
, and
compline
.
House Churches
(local and communal gatherings of Christians)
:
Hou-t’u
(generative force of the earth in China)
:
H
y
(Ch’an Buddhist master)
:

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