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The correct spelling is nones.
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noun
IPA: /nəʊnz/
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The correct spelling is nones. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. For example: "After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery."
Usage Examples
“After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.”
“The third day before the nones of March is March 5th; the third nones of August is August 3rd; and the third of the nones of November is November 3rd.”
“The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
- 2.A break in play between the first and second sessions.
- 3.(Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
- 4.(often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
- 5.(sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
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