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nocturn
[ nok-turn ]
noun
- the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
nocturn
/ ˈnɒktɜːn /
noun
- RC Church any of the main sections of the office of matins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nocturn1
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Example Sentences
The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the morrow.
It was to be lighted again by one of the novices appointed for the purpose during the last psalm of each Nocturn.
The contessa's reception began at the first nocturn, between sunset and midnight.
She was the chief of the domin nocturn, who frequented houses at night and were thought to bring abundance of temporal goods.
When all were assembled, fifteen psalms were sung; then came the nocturn and more psalms.
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