2. Verb. (third-person singular of sext) ¹
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Definition of Sexts
1. sext [n] - See also: sext
Literary usage of Sexts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1864)
"The second comprised Tierce, sexts, Nones, Compline, and out of Lent Chapter Maes.
... To this succeeded sexts, in memory of the hour of the great darkness, ..."
2. Essays on Liturgiology and Church History by John Mason Neale (1867)
"R. From the face the enemy. V. O LORD, hear our prayer. R. And let our cry come
unti Thee.—De Profundis. The three next hours, Tierce, sexts, and Nones, ..."
3. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand (1906)
"Prime therefore is at our six am, tierce at nine, sexts at twelve, nones at three
pm, vespers at six pm, and compline at bedtime. ..."
4. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand, John Mason Neale, Benjamin Webb (1843)
"In like manner three times at sexts, for the fifth, sixth and seventh hours.
Also three times at Nones for the three hours. But at Vespers, which is the ..."
5. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1868)
"But it is worthy of notice, that the Jews from a very early period of their
history, kept Tierce, sexts, Nones : Tierce, because the law, they say, ..."
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