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Definition of Novenary
1. a. Of or pertaining to the number nine.
2. n. The number of nine units; nine, collectively.
Definition of Novenary
1. Noun. A group of nine. ¹
2. Adjective. Pertaining to the number nine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Novenary
1. a set of nine things [n NOVENARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Novenary
Literary usage of Novenary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"And for the novenary masses!B which are said, with a response in each one, on
account of the burial of the deceased, the cura may receive for each one a ..."
2. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"NOVEMBER, *. novembre, m. She was born on t/w fifth of November, elle est née le
cinq novembre. novenary, t. neuvaine,/. novenary, adj. de neuf, ..."
3. Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages: With a Great Variety of by Saint Hiliaire Blanc (1848)
"Applied to any day of Uie novenary. ... novenary. bovino, sm. One of (he nine
parts into which tithes arc divided. ..."
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