nocturn 的定义
Roman Catholic Church.
- the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
更多nocturn例句
- 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.