Officium
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Officium may refer to:
Religion
[edit]- Officium Divinum (or Divinum Officium), the official set of daily prayers prescribed by the Roman Catholic Church
- Sanctum Officium, the department in the Roman Curia which oversaw Catholic doctrine
Music
[edit]- Officium Defunctorum, a musical setting of the Office of the Dead, composed by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria in 1603
- Officium (album), a 1994 album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, featuring the Hilliard Ensemble
- Officium Triste, a doom metal band from Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Other uses
[edit]- Officium (Ancient Rome), a Latin word with various meanings, including "service", "(sense of) duty", "courtesy", and "ceremony"