noun Ecclesiastical.
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
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| —n | |
| chiefly RC Church the fourth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office or the prayers prescribed for it: originally the sixth hour of the day (noon) | |
| [C15: from Church Latin sexta hōra the sixth hour] | |
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| Sext (sɛkst) | |
| —n | |
| RC Church In full: Liber Sextus an official compilation of decretals issued by Boniface VIII in 1298 to supplement the five books of the Liber Extra. It forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici | |
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