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nundine|ˈnʌndaɪn|
Also pl.
[ad. L. nundinæ fem. pl., f. novem nine + diēs day.]
Among the ancient Romans, a market-day held every eighth (by Roman reckoning, ninth) day.
1533Bellenden Livy iii. xi. (S.T.S.) I. 292 Now war þe commites proclamit to be haldin þe thrid day eftir þe nundinis for creatioun of þir ten men.
1853Fraser's Mag. XLVII. 289 The præfect..had threatened to bring the case, on the next Nundines, before the sitting ædile. 1891Farrar Dark & Dawn (1893) 249 The meeting was fixed to take place on the next nundine.
b. A recurring period of eight days.
1860Hessey Sunday 385 Even after Constantine's time nundines as well as weeks were in use. |