NOCTURN


Meaning of NOCTURN in English

/nok"terrn/ , n. Rom. Cath. Ch.

the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.

[ bef. 1150; ME nocturne nocturna, n. use of fem. of L nocturnus by night; r. OE noctern ]

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