Nones meaning

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In the ancient Roman calendar, the ninth day (inclusively) before the ides of a month, falling on the seventh day of March, May, July, or October and the fifth day of the other months.
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In the ancient Roman calendar, the ninth day (inclusively) before the ides of a month, falling on the seventh day of March, May, July, or October and the fifth day of the other months.
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In the ancient Roman calendar, the ninth day before the ides of a month.
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In the Roman calendar the eighth day (ninth counting inclusively) before the ides of a month.
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Midday, or the meal eaten at midday.
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The liturgy said at midday.
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Those without a religious affiliation.
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Those without any religious affiliation.
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Origin of nones

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin nōnae feminine pl. of nōnus ninth newn̥ in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Middle English from Old French from Latin nōnae feminine pl. of nōnus ninth newn̥ in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From “None" answers in surveys of religious affiliation.
    From Wiktionary
  • From Latin nonus (“ninth").
    From Wiktionary

Nones Sentence Examples

  • Special sacrifices were offered on the kalends, nones, and ides of every month, and on the occasion of important family events.

  • Instead of distinguishing the days by the ordinal numbers first,, second, third, &c., the Romans counted backwards from three fixed epochs, namely, the Calends, the Nones and the Ides.

  • From these three terms the days received their denomination in the following manner: - Those which were comprised between the Calends and the Nones were called the days before the Nones; those between the Nones and the Ides were called the days before the Ides; and, lastly, all the days after the Ides to the end of the month were called the days before the Calends of the succeeding month.

  • In the months of March, May, July and October, the Ides fell on the 5th day, and the Nones consequently on the 7th; so that each of these months had six days named from the Nones.

  • In all the other months the Ides were on the 13th and the Nones on the 5th; consequently there were only four days named from the Nones.

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