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| noc·turn [ nók tùrn ] (plural noc·turns) |
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early morning prayers: in the Roman Catholic Church, one of the three divisions of the service of matins, previously held at midnight but now usually at daybreak
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| [14th century. Directly or via French nocturne< ecclesiastical Latin nocturnus< Latin, "of the night" < noct- "night"] |
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