nocturn

/nok-turn/US // ˈnɒk tɜrn //UK // (ˈnɒktɜːn) //

夜里,夜间,夜幕降临,昼伏夜出

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Roman Catholic Church.
- : the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.

The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the morrow.
It was to be lighted again by one of the novices appointed for the purpose during the last psalm of each Nocturn.
The contessa's reception began at the first nocturn, between sunset and midnight.
She was the chief of the domin nocturn, who frequented houses at night and were thought to bring abundance of temporal goods.
When all were assembled, fifteen psalms were sung; then came the nocturn and more psalms.