nones
UK /nəʊnz/ · US /nʌnz/ noun
Also a form of none
Forms Non.
- noun (historical, often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months. “The third day before the nones of March is March 5th; the third nones of August is August 3rd; and the third of the nones of November is November 3rd.”
- noun (historical, sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
- noun (Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour. “The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones.”
- noun (obsolete) Synonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.
- noun Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
- noun A dialect of Italian spoken in parts of Trentino around the Non Valley.
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Etymology
As a day of the Roman calendar, via nōnae (“ninth days”) from the original Roman practice of counting forward to the next full or new crescent moon, the nones' occurrence 8 days before the ides of every month (9 counting inclusively) following the establishment of a fixed calendar, and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals. Some scholars believe the name is a variant of the nundines (nūndinae fēriae (“ninth-day festival”)), the Roman market days held every eight days (9 counting inclusively), which were likely announced for each coming month by the Roman kings on the first-quarter days.
As a time of day, via the plural form of Middle English, Anglo-Norman, & French none and Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) after the manner of earlier matins, vespers, etc. As a meal, from the time of day, whether from its plural, genitive, or the occasional adverbial sense of -s.
See Nones.
From their selection of the option None or None of the above on census returns or other surveys of religious affiliation.
From its center in the Non Valley.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.
- noun The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.
Etymology [L. nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, fr. nonus ninth, from novem nine. See Nine, Nones, 2, Noon .]
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