novene

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adjective

Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

adjectivenovene (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteRelating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary.

    The triple and novene division ran throughout.

    1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
nounnovene (plural novenes)

plural novenes

  1. CatholicismA novena

Origin

  1. Latinnovenus“nine each”
  2. Englishnovene

From Latin novenus (“nine each”).

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Chicago

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