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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 738 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NOON , midday, twelve o'See also:

clock. The O. Eng. non,. Nor. non, Dutch noen, are all from See also:Lat. nowt sc. hora, the ninth See also:hour, i.e. according to the See also:Roman See also:system, three o'clock P.M. (see See also:DAY). The See also:early uses of noon till the 13th and 14th centuries are either as translating the Latin, especially with reference to the 'Crucifixion, or as See also:equivalent to the canonical hour of " pones " (see See also:BREVIARY). The See also:ordinary word for twelve o'clock was middeeg, midday, also the equivalent of the canonical hour " sext." Both the See also:office and the See also:meal taken about that See also:time were shifted to an earlier hour, and by the 14th See also:century the ordinary use of " noon " is that current to-day. For " nones " (i.e. nonae, sc. See also:dies) in the Roman See also:calendar, see CALENDAR.

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