nones

1. (historical, 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.Examples: "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."; "Þa monðas þe habbað iiii nonas æfter kalendas... habbað to idus xiii dagas and to ii kalendas eahtatyne. Those months that have 4 nones after the kalends... have 13 days to the ides and eighteen to the second kalends."; "Þe caniculer dayes biginnyth in þe fiftenþe kalendis of august and endiþ in þe nonis of septembris, and so þey ben euene fifty as it is seide þere. The canicular days begin on the fifteenth kalends of August [i.e., July 18th] and end on the nones [i.e., 5th] of September, and so they are even fifty as it is said there."capitalizedhistoricaloften

2. (historical, sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).Examples: "...the same Liturgy of prayers be used both at Nones and Vespers. [With the note:] Nones was what we call three o'clock in the afternoon."; "From noon till nones The brethren sate."Synonyms: none, nooncapitalizedhistoricalsometimes

3. (Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.Examples: "The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones."Synonyms: none

4. (obsolete) Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).Synonyms: middayalt-ofalternativeobsolete

5. (obsolete) Synonym of lunch: a meal eaten around noon.Examples: "I... ouer-seye me at my sopere and some tyme at nones."Synonyms: lunchobsolete