Lauds is proper to sunrise, but is mostly grouped with matins.
It has already been indicated, by reference to Matins, Lauds, &c., that not only each day, but each part of the day, has its own office, the day being divided into liturgical "hours."
On high festivals the altar is censed at vespers and lauds.
Hymns and lauds rang in the streets that had so recently echoed with Lorenzo's dissolute songs.
It was with the aid of these youthful enthusiasts that Savonarola arranged the religious carnival of 1496, when the citizens gave their costliest possessions in alms to the poor, and tonsured monks, crowned with flowers, sang lauds and performed wild dances for the glory of God.
