Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NONES
NON-E-PIS-CO-PA'LI-ANNON-ES-SEN'TIAL
NONES, n. [plur. L. nonæ; perhaps Goth. niun, Eng. nine.]
- In the Roman calendar, the fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July and October. The noses were nine days from the ides.
- Prayers, formerly so called. Todd.
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