• Nones

    Origin

    From Latin nonus ("ninth").

    Noun

    noun

    1. In the Roman calendar the eighth day (ninth counting inclusively) before the ides of a month.
      • 2013, Roger D. Woodard, Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity, page 38:The Nones occur on the seventh day of months, such as July, that have 31 days, and on the fifth day of months having fewer than 31 days: the Nones of July unquestionably occur on July 7; the day is so marked in the single Republican calendar we possess and in the Imperial calendars: this is non-controversial. Why then does Plutarch refer to July 5 as the “Capratine Nones”?
    2. Midday, or the meal eaten at midday.
      • c.1400, , The vision of Piers Plowman, line 6.145,6.144: And al is thorugh suffraunce that vengeaunce yow ne taketh!6.145: "Ac ancres and heremites that eten but at Nones6.146: And na moore er morwe -- myn almesse shul thei have,
    3. The liturgy said at midday.
    4. Those without a religious affiliation.
      • Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives
      • American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
      • Politics and Religion in the United States, we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.

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