Nocturn

[nɔktә:n]

(n.) An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.

(n.) One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.

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n. in the early church a service of psalms and prayers at midnight or at daybreak: a portion of the psalter used at nocturns.

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