SEXT


Meaning of SEXT in English

■ noun a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at the sixth hour of the day (i.e. noon).

Origin

ME: from L. ~a (hora) 'sixth (hour)', from ~us 'sixth'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.