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Officium may refer to:

Religion

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Officium (Ancient Rome), a Latin word with various meanings, including "service", "(sense of) duty", "courtesy", and "ceremony"