nones

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the ninth day before the ides in the Roman calendar; a midday canonical hour

   The monks gathered in the chapel to chant the office of nones.

From Latin nonae ('the ninth'), feminine plural of nonus ('ninth'), from novem ('nine'), being the ninth day before the ides; the canonical-hour sense via Latin nona (hora) ('ninth hour').

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