# nones

Pronunciation: say "NUNZ" /nʌnz/

## Noun

1. Alternative form of Nones.
   - Simple: Alternative form of Nones. A way of writing the word for people who claim no religion.
   - _Pollsters note that the nones tend to be younger than regular churchgoers._
   - _Among the nones, attitudes toward spirituality vary enormously._
2. The first-quarter day of a Roman month, falling on the 7th in March, May, July, and October and on the 5th in every other month. (pronounced: say "NOHNZ" US /noʊnz/, UK /nəʊnz/)
   - Simple: A day in the old Roman calendar, falling on the 5th or 7th of the month.
   - _The senate convened on the nones of February to debate the proposal._
   - _He promised to repay the loan before the nones of the month._
3. The fixed prayer service of the Christian daily office appointed to the ninth hour, around 3 p.m. (pronounced: say "NOHNZ" US /noʊnz/, UK /nəʊnz/)
   - Simple: A short church prayer service held in the early afternoon, around three o'clock.
   - _The abbey bell summoned the brothers to nones each afternoon._
   - _She arrived at the chapel just as nones was beginning._
4. The ninth hour reckoned from dawn, falling at roughly 3 p.m. (pronounced: say "NOHNZ" US /noʊnz/, UK /nəʊnz/)
   - Simple: The ninth hour after sunrise, at about three in the afternoon.
   - _The caravan hoped to reach the gates before nones._
   - _Work in the fields slackened as nones approached and the heat eased._

## Noun

5. Alternative form of noon. *(obsolete)* — Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm). (pronounced: say "NOHNZ" US /noʊnz/, UK /nəʊnz/)
   - Simple: Alternative form of noon. An older word for the middle of the day.
6. The midday meal, eaten at or around noon. *(obsolete)* (pronounced: say "NOHNZ" US /noʊnz/, UK /nəʊnz/)
   - Simple: A meal eaten in the middle of the day, around noon.
   - _The harvesters broke off at midday for a hearty nones._
   - _He carried his nones in a cloth bundle out to the fields._

## Origin

From Latin nōnus ("ninth"). As a Roman calendar day, it came via nōnae ("ninth days") from the practice of counting the days, with some scholars linking it instead to the nūndinae, the Roman market days held every eight days. As a time of day it came through the plural of Middle English, Anglo-Norman, and French none and Latin nōna ("ninth hour"), on the pattern of matins and vespers; and as a meal it derived from that time of day.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/nones (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).