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Tenebrae
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Ten′e-brae
,Noun.
[L., pl., darkness.]
(R. C. Ch.)
The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, – usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.
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Tenebrae
Tenebrae
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English
Proper noun
Tenebrae
- A Christian religious service celebrated by the Western Church on the evening before or early morning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, involving the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited.
tenebrae
tenebrae
See also: Tenebrae
Latin
Noun
tenebrae f pl (genitive tenebrārum); first declension
- darkness, especially the darkness of night
- (poetic) shadow of death
- prison, dungeon
- (by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| nominative | tenebrae |
| genitive | tenebrārum |
| dative | tenebrīs |
| accusative | tenebrās |
| ablative | tenebrīs |
| vocative | tenebrae |
Antonyms
- (darkness): lūx
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References
- tenebrae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenebrae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TENEBRAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tenebrae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.