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Webster 1913 Edition

Nocturn

Noc′turn

,
Noun.
[F.
nocturne
, fr. L.
nocturnus
. See
Nocturnal
, and cf.
Nocturne
.]
1.
An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
2.
One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service.
Hook.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nocturn

NOC'TURN

,
Noun.
[L. by night.] An office of devotion, or religious service by night.

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