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Nones

noun
1.
The fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m..





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... The first words of a Latin antiphon ascribed to Hermannus Contractus (b. 1013-d. 1054). In mediaeval times it was a great favorite with the church, and was appointed for use at compline, from the first vespers of Trinity Sunday up to nones on the Saturday before Advent Sunday. See John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, London, 1892, ...
— Legends, Tales and Poems • Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
... approached so close, that those on the towers and on the walls and those on the ladders crossed lances, hand to hand. Thus lasted the assault, in more than a hundred places, very fierce, and very dour, and very proud, till near upon the hour of nones. ...
— Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople • Geoffrey de Villehardouin


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