- novenae
- nəʊ'vɪËnÉ™ n. series of prayers lasting nine days (Roman Catholic Church)
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Novena — Image on the Novena candles of the shrine of Warfhuizen during the pilgrimage season of 2008 2009 For the town in Singapore, see Novena, Singapore. In the Catholic Church, a novena is a devotion consisting of a prayer repeated on nine successi … Wikipedia
novena — /noh vee neuh, neuh /, n., pl. novenae / nee/, novenas. Rom. Cath. Ch. a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services. [1850 55; < ML novena, n. use of fem. sing. of L novenus nine each] * * * … Universalium
TERNARIUS Numerus — perfectionis symbolum. Ita enim Servius ad illud Virg. Ecl. 8. v. 75. Numerô Deus impare gaudet. Aut, inquit, quemcumque Superorum, iuxta Pythagoraeos, qui ternarium numerum perfectum summo Deo assignant; a quo initium et medium et finis est: aut … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
novena — /noʊˈvinə/ (say noh veenuh) noun (plural novenae /noʊˈvini/ (say noh veenee) or novenas) (in the Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of prayers or services on nine consecutive days or occasions, as nine first Fridays of the month.… …
