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undern-time

undern-time noun: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am); terce.

Noun

undern-time (usually uncountable, plural undern-times)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, rare, usually) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am); terce.
    • The undern time of day is said by some to be the third hour, or nine o'clock; and the repast then taken was called undermele.1811, Ben Jonson, Peter Whalley, The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, Printed from the Text, page 456
    • Say seven psalms, and those fifteen psalms about undern time, for about such time as mass is sung in all religious communities, when our Lord suffered pain upon the cross, ye ought to be especially in prayers and supplications, and also from Prime till mid-morrow, when the secular priests sing...1853, James Morton (editor), The Ancren Riwle, A Treatise On The Rules and Duties of Monastic Life, page 25

Forms of undern-time

pluralundern-times

Questions about undern-time

What does undern-time mean?
Undern-time means the third hour of daylight (about 9 am); terce.
What part of speech is undern-time?
Undern-time is a noun.
What is the plural of undern-time?
The plural of undern-time is undern-times.

Words near undern-time in the dictionary

  1. undermyelinated
  2. undermyelination
  3. undern
  4. undern-bell
  5. undern-song
  6. undern-time
  7. undern-times
  8. undernamed
  9. undernatant
  10. undernatants
  11. undernature

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