Nones (Auden)
WordNet
noun
(1) The fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m.
WiktionaryText
Noun
nones
- In the Roman calendar the eighth day (ninth counting inclusively) before the ides of a month. That is the seventh day of March, May, July, October, and the fifth day of the other months.
- Midday, or the meal eaten at midday.
- c.1400, William Langland, 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 Nones
- 6.146: And na moore er morwe -- myn almesse shul thei have,
- c.1400, William Langland, The vision of Piers Plowman, line 6.145,
- The liturgy said at midday.