Non.
Non. is the abbreviation of nones.
Meaning of nones
Noun
nones (plural nones)
- 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.
- The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
- ...the same Liturgy of prayers be used both at Nones and Vespers.
- [With the note:] Nones was what we call three o'clock in the afternoon.1709, John Johnson, The Clergy-Man's Vade Mecum, Pt. II, p. 101
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- none
- Synonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.
- I... ouer-seye me at my sopere and some tyme at nones.c. 1400, William Langland, The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman (Laud MS 581), v. 378
- Synonyms:
- lunch
Questions about Non.
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- Non. is the abbreviation of nones.
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