interlune

Noun

interlune (plural not attested)

1. (no plural, rare) Synonym of interlunation.
   • “Give ear, all ye Imperial Princes, Ministers of State, and high functionaries, who are here assembled, and hearken to the great purification by which at this interlune of the sixth month are purged and washed away all sins…”1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 10
   • The chimes called midnight, just at interlune,
     And the daytime talk of the Roman investigations
     Was checked by silence, save for the husky tune
     The bubbling waters played near the excavations.(Can we date this quote?), Thomas Hardy, Aquae Sulis

   Synonyms:

   interlunation