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nones

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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 nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.

The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.

The hour of dinner; the noonday meal.

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Calends, nones, and ides The ides occur on the thirteenth day in eight of the months, but in March, May, July, and October, they occur on the fifteenth. Source: Internet

Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st of the following month). Source: Internet

Perhaps he is only committed to describing the same “unknowable” higher power that many “nones” still believe in using a Christian lexicon. Source: Internet

The nones always occur 8 days (one Roman week) before the ides, i.e., on the fifth or the seventh. Source: Internet

"Nones" vote at low rates, but I hope their general support for progressive values - approval of women's right to choose, backing for gay marriage, endorsement of free college, support for universal health care, etc. - will swing America leftward. Source: Internet

The day preceding the Kalends, Nones, or Ides was Pridie, e.g., Prid. Source: Internet

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