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单词 nine night
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nine nightn.

Brit. /ˈnʌɪn ˌnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈˌnaɪn ˈˌnaɪt/, Caribbean English /ˈˌnain ˈˌnait/, /ˈnai ˌnait/
Forms: 1900s– nine night, 1900s– nine nights.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nine adj., night n.
Etymology: < nine adj. + night n. With sense 2 compare nine adj. and n. Compounds 4.
Caribbean.
1. Nine nights (and days) of ritual celebration which follow the burial of a dead person.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > incidental to funeral
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nine night1896
1896 in Folk-lore (1905) Mar. 70 It is believed that the ghost of a person rises on the third night after burial and returns to the house, which he finally leaves on the ninth night. This absurd belief causes people to keep what is known as ‘wakes’ or ‘nine nights’.
1929 M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 78 All ‘nine nights’ are celebrated to some extent in the eastern end of the island [sc. Jamaica].
1974 Weekend Star (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Mar. 6Nine-night’ was well celebrated and the neighbours within hearing who didn't attend, couldn't sleep for days and nights.
1996 E. Lovelace Salt xii. 226 The Nine Nights was nearly as big, with bongo dancing and card playing and fellars drinking rum.
2. The ninth night following a burial, after which the spirit of the dead person is believed finally to rest; the culmination or main focus of the nine night celebration.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass > on ninth day after funeral
novendial1600
nine night1913
1913 H. G. de Lisser 20th Cent. Jamaica vi. 121 A nine-night is a funny ting. Y'u must be sarrawful until it come to about two o' clock.
1938 Z. N. Hurston Tell my Horse i. iv. 39 The most universal ceremony in Jamaica is an African survival called ‘The Nine night’.
1981 T. D. Rhone Old Story Time 19 Don't forget is Pa Zaccy nine night tonight.
2000 Jamaica Observer (Electronic ed.) 16 Nov. On Monday evening, members of the performing arts staged, not what is called a ‘nine-night’ in the traditional form, but a variety concert dubbed ‘To John With Love’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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