Category: Tenebrae

Ten·e·brae  (t?n??-br??, -br??)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Roman Catholic Church The office of matins and lauds sung on the last three days of Holy Week, with a ceremony of candles.[Medieval Latin, from Latin tenebrae, darkness.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Tenebrae (?t?n??bre?) n (Roman Catholic Church) (functioning as singular or plural) RC Church (formerly) the matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, usually sung in the evenings or at night[C17: from Latin: darkness]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ten?e?brae (?t?n ??bre?) n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of various liturgical services in the Western Church during Holy Week, in which all candles are gradually extinguished, to commemorate the darkness at the Crucifixion. [1645?55;

Ten·e·brae  (t?n??-br??, -br??)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Roman Catholic Church The office of matins and lauds sung on the last three days of Holy Week, with a ceremony of candles.[Medieval Latin, from Latin tenebrae, darkness.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Tenebrae (?t?n??bre?) n (Roman Catholic Church) (functioning as singular or plural) RC Church (formerly) the matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, usually sung in the evenings or at night[C17: from Latin: darkness]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ten?e?brae (?t?n ??bre?) n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) any of various liturgical services in the Western Church during Holy Week, in which all candles are gradually extinguished, to commemorate the darkness at the Crucifixion. [1645?55;