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noc⋅turn

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–noun Roman Catholic Church.
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME nocturne < ML nocturna, n. use of fem. of L nocturnus by night; r. OE noctern < ML, as above
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noc·turn   (nŏk'tûrn')   
n.  Any of the three canonical divisions of the office of matins.

[Middle English nocturne, from Medieval Latin nocturna, from Latin, feminine of nocturnus, of the night; see nocturnal.]
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nocturn 
a division of the office of matins, c.1225, from M.L. nocturna, "group of Psalms used in the nocturns," from L. nocturnus (see nocturnal).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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