单词 | novena |
释义 | novenan. Roman Catholic Church. A devotion consisting of special prayers or services on nine successive days, or on the same day for nine successive weeks. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > lasting nine days novendial1600 novenaryc1633 novena1757 novene1826 1757 A. Butler Lives Saints III. 228 An English young lady at Paris..was cured of a palsy by performing a novena at the tomb of St. Vincent. 1836 Biblical Repertory 8 362 We will make together a little novena... To this intention let us recite daily the litanies of the Sacred Heart, and other prayers. 1865 Catholic World Aug. 701 It was a dangerous illness, but youth, good care, prayer, and a novena to the Blessed Virgin triumphed. 1899 Amer. Hist. Rev. 4 640 To stimulate her intervention, Hidalgo issued a proclamation..in which he ordered a novena of masses dedicated to our lady of Guadalupe. 1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis vi. 149 All the old women in Bavaria are busy with their novenas, you bet your life, and don't sleep lest the watch should fail. 1979 M. Campion Making of Hospice v. 25 They..began a novena of prayer. On the last of the nine days of prayer a ‘To Let’ sign appeared on one of the villas. 1998 E. Danticat Farming of Bones xxvii. 169 They made novenas for lovers who had strayed, for sons and daughters to marry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1757 |
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