Nones

Quick meaning: Nones is a noun meaning (Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.

Meaning

(Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of Nones: atheists or those without religious affiliation.
2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).
4. (obsolete) Synonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.
5. (historical, often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.

Example Sentences

The Roman Month its several days divides By reckoning backwards, Calends, Nones, and Ides.

...the same Liturgy of prayers be used both at Nones and Vespers. [With the note:] Nones was what we call three o'clock in the afternoon.

The third day before the nones of March is March 5th; the third nones of August is August 3rd; and the third of the nones of November is November 3rd.

Þa monðas þe habbað iiii nonas æfter kalendas... habbað to idus xiii dagas and to ii kalendas eahtatyne. Those months that have 4 nones after the kalends... have 13 days to the ides and eighteen to the second kalends.

Synonyms for nones

Depending on context, synonyms include midday, noon, noontide, none, lunch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include negative, non-existent, neither, nobody, nothingness, not.

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