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Forty Hours

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Definition of FORTY HOURS

:  a Roman Catholic devotion in which the churches of a diocese in 2-day turns have the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar for continuous daytime veneration
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First Known Use of FORTY HOURS

1759

Rhymes with FORTY HOURS

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