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novenas

novenas is the plural of novena.

Meaning of novena

Noun

novena (plural novenas or novenae)

  1. A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
    • The good nuns, who had been so sure of her vocation, perceived with great astonishment that Mademoiselle Rouault seemed to be slipping from them. They had indeed been so lavish to her of prayers, retreats, novenas, and sermons, they had so often preached the respect due to saints and martyrs, and...1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter VI, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part I, page 42

Questions about novenas

What is novenas the plural of?
Novenas is the plural of novena.

Words near novenas in the dictionary

  1. novemvirs
  2. novena
  3. novenae
  4. novenaries
  5. novenary
  6. novenas
  7. novendecillion
  8. novendecillions
  9. novendial
  10. novendials
  11. novene

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