Hour (?), n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure,
L. hora, fr. Gr. &?;, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural
laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See Year, and cf.
Horologe, Horoscope.] 1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty
minutes.
2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and
indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we
meet?
3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion;
as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour.
Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come.
John ii. 4.
This is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Luke xxii. 53.
4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of
the day, as matins and vespers.