SEXT

Meaning of SEXT in English

/sekst/ , n. Eccles.

the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.

[ 1375-1425; late ME sexte, syxt sexta ( hora ) SIXTH (hour) ]

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SEXT — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Late Latin ~a, from Latin, sixth hour of the day, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEXT — ˈsekst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sexte, from Late Latin sexta, from Latin, feminine of sextus sixth, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEXT — (n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
Английский словарь Webster
SEXT — (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
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SEXT — ( n. ) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEXT — ( n. ) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEXT — n. fourth of seven daily prayer times, prayer time originally observed at noon (Catholicism)
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SEXT — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English sexte, from Late Latin sexta, from Latin, sixth hour of the day, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEXT — noun the sixth book of the decretals, added by pope boniface viii. 2. sext ·noun the office for the sixth …
Webster English vocab
SEXT — ■ noun a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEXT — [sext] n, often cap [ME sexte, fr. LL sexta, fr. L, sixth hour of the day, fr. fem. of sextus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEXT — sext, Sext BrE AmE sekst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEXT — n. Eccl. 1 the canonical hour of prayer appointed for the sixth daytime hour (i.e. noon). 2 the office of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEXT — n. Eccl. 1 the canonical hour of prayer appointed for the sixth daytime hour (i.e. noon). 2 the office of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEXT — n. Eccl. 1. the canonical hour of prayer appointed for the sixth daytime hour (i.e. noon). 2 the office of …
Oxford English vocab
SEXT — Секста
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SEXT — n. Pronunciation: ' sekst Function: noun Usage: often cap Etymology: Middle English sexte, from Late Latin sexta, from Latin, sixth …
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SEXTA — n 1. [Eccl.] Sext; 2. [Mus.] sixth
Interlingua English vocab
SIESTA — noun see: sext Date: 1655 an afternoon nap or rest
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SESTET — noun see: sext Date: circa 1859 a stanza or a poem of six lines
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LITTLE HOURS — noun plural Date: circa 1872 the offices of prime, terce, sext, and none forming part of the canonical hours
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CANONICAL HOUR — noun Date: 15th century a time of day canonically appointed for an office of devotion, one of the daily offices …
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SISTINE — I. ˈsiˌstēn sometimes sə̇ˈstēn, chiefly Brit ˈsiˌstīn adjective or six·tine ˈsikˌstīn, -ˌstēn, -_stə̇n Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: sistine from Italian …
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SIESTA — I. sēˈestə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Latin sexta ( hora ) sixth (hour) (i.e., after sunrise), noon, …
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TOLSESTER — ˈtōlˌsestə(r), ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from tol toll + sester, a measure, from Old English, from …
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SIXTE — ˈsikst noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, literally, sixth, from Latin sextus; from its being the sixth parrying position — …
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SEXTO — ˈsek(ˌ)stō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin ( in ) sexto in a sixth, from abl. of sextus sixth — …
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SEXTI- — combining form Etymology: Latin sextus sixth — more at sext : six sexti para sexti polar
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SEXTANT — ˈsekstənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin sextant-, sextans, from Latin, sixth part of anything, from sextus sixth + …
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SETIER — sə.ˈtyā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French sestier, setier, from Latin sextarius, a liquid measure, from sextus sixth + …
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SESTET — (ˈ)se|stet noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth (from Old Italian, from Latin sextus ) + -etto …
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MIDDAY — ˈmid|dā noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English middæg, from middle mid + dæg day — more …
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