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nones

noun
/nəʊnz/UK/nʌnz/UK

Etymology

From Latin nōnus (“ninth”). As a day of the Roman calendar, via nōnae (“ninth days”) from the original Roman practice of counting forward to the next full or new crescent moon, the nones' occurrence 8 days before the ides of every month (9 counting inclusively) following the establishment of a fixed calendar, and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals. Some scholars believe the name is a variant of the nundines (nūndinae fēriae (“ninth-day festival”)), the Roman market days held every eight days (9 counting inclusively), which were likely announced for each coming month by the Roman kings on the first-quarter days. As a time of day, via the plural form of Middle English, Anglo-Norman, & French none and Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) after the manner of earlier matins, vespers, etc. As a meal, from the time of day, whether from its plural, genitive, or the occasional adverbial sense of -s.

  1. derived from nōna — “ninth hour”
  2. derived from none
  3. derived from nōnus — “ninth”

Definitions

  1. The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four…

    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.

    • 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.

  2. The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).

    • ...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.
    • From noon till nones The brethren sate.

  3. The divine office appointed to the hour.

    • The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Alternative form of noon

      Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).

    2. Synonym of lunch

      Synonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.

      • I... ouer-seye me at my sopere and some tyme at nones.

    3. Alternative form of Nones

      Alternative form of Nones: atheists or those without religious affiliation.

      • Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
      • Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious
      • we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.

    4. Those without any religious affiliation

      Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.

      • He also found that the sons and daughters of two parents who have no religious preference (Nones) tend to become Nones.

    5. A dialect of Italian spoken in parts of Trentino around the Non Valley.

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No curated loop yet for nones. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA