sext

sext
1. noun
a) The fourth of the canonical hours; usually held at noon.
2. verb
a) To send a sext message.
b) To send (someone) a (sext message).

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  • Sext — • Article on the midday office Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sext     Sext     † Catholic …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Sext — Sext, or Sixth Hour, is a fixed time of prayer of the Divine Office of almost all the traditional Christian liturgies. It is consists mainly of psalms and is said at noon. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the sixth hour of the day after… …   Wikipedia

  • Sext — (von lat. sexta „die sechste“) ist eine der drei Kleinen Horen (Terz, Sext, Non) im Stundengebet der katholischen Kirche. Sie wird zur sechsten Stunde der antiken Tageseinteilung gebetet (ca. 12:00 Uhr) und ist das Mittagsgebet der Kirche. In… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sext — Sext, n. [L. sexta, fem. of sextus sixtt, fr. sex six: cf. F. sexte.] (R.C.Ch.) (a) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary. (b) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sext — (lat. sexta hora), s. Horae canonicae …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • sext- — ❖ ♦ Élément, du lat. sextus « sixième ». ⇒ 1. Sex ; sexte, sextidi, sextillion …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sext — die; , en <aus (kirchen)lat. sexta (hora) »sechste (Stunde)« zu lat. sextus »sechster«>: 1. drittes Tagesgebet des ↑Breviers (zur sechsten Tagesstunde, 12 Uhr). 2. vgl. ↑Sexte …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • sext — [sekst] n. [ME sexte < ML(Ec) sexta < L sexta (hora), sixth (hour), fem. of sextus, SIXTH] [often S ] the fourth of the canonical hours, originally assigned to the sixth hour of the day (i.e., to noon, counting from 6 A.M …   English World dictionary

  • sext — {{11}}sext (n.) early 15c., from L. sexta (hora), fem. of sextus, ordinal of sex (see SIX (Cf. six)). {{12}}sext (v.) by 2005, from contraction of SEX (Cf. sex) + TEXT (Cf. text) (v.). Related: Sexted; sexting …   Etymology dictionary

  • sext — n. Eccl. 1 the canonical hour of prayer appointed for the sixth daytime hour (i.e. noon). 2 the office of sext. Etymology: ME f. L sexta hora sixth hour f. sextus sixth …   Useful english dictionary

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