Meaning

• A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

• A break in play between the first and second sessions.

• (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

  "After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery."

Meaning

• (often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.

  "The third day before the nones of March is March 5th; the third nones of August is August 3rd; and the third of the nones of November is November 3rd."

• (sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).

• The divine office appointed to the hour.

  "The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones."

Meaning

• The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

• Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

• The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

  "1885, When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17:"

• The highest point; culmination.

Meaning

• The letter ن in the Arabic script.