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nones

1  [nohnz]
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–noun Ecclesiastical.
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; pl. of none 2

nones

2  [nohnz]
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the ninth day before the ides, both days included: the seventh of March, May, July, and October, and the fifth of the other months.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; Anglicization of L nōnae, orig. fem. pl. of nōnus ninth

none

2  [nohn]
–noun
nones 1 .
Origin:
1175–1225; ME; OE nōn < L nōna (hōra) ninth (hour). See noon
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nones   (nōnz)   
pl.n.  

  1. The ninth day before the ides of a month; in the ancient Roman calendar, the seventh day of March, May, July, or October and the fifth day of the other months.

  2. Ecclesiastical

    1. The fifth of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.

    2. The time of day appointed for this service, usually the ninth hour after sunrise.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nōnae, feminine pl. of nōnus, ninth; see new in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

none 
O.E. nan "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no) + an "one." Cognate with O.S., M.L.G. nen, O.N. neinn, M.Du., Du. neen, O.H.G., Ger. nein "no," and analogous to L. non- (see non-). As an adj., since c.1600 reduced to no except in a few archaic phrases, especially before vowels, such as none other, none the worse.

nones 
c.1420, in ref. to the Roman calendar, "ninth day before the ides of each month" (7th of March, May, July, October, 5th of other months), from L. nonæ (acc. nonas), fem. pl. of nonus "ninth." Ecclesiastical sense of "daily office said originally at the ninth hour of the day" is from 1709; originally fixed at ninth hour from sunrise, hence about 3 p.m. (now usually somewhat earlier), from L. nona (hora) "ninth (hour)," from fem. pl. of nonus "ninth," contracted from *novenos, from novem "nine" (see nine). Also used in a sense of "midday" (see noon).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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