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• sext
  sext

  noun

  the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
• Sext
  Sext

  noun

  RC Church an official compilation of decretals issued by Boniface VIII in 1298 to supplement the five books of the Liber Extra. It forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

sext

¹ American  

[sekst] / sɛkst /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.

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sext ² American  

[sekst] / sɛkst /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to send someone a sexually explicit digital image, video, text message, or email, typically a photo of oneself, usually by cell phone.

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noun

1. a sexually explicit digital image, text message, etc., sent to someone usually by cell phone.

Sext ¹ British  

/ sɛkst /

noun

1. In full: Liber Sextus.  RC Church an official compilation of decretals issued by Boniface VIII in 1298 to supplement the five books of the Liber Extra. It forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

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sext ² British  

/ sɛkst /

noun

1. RC Church the fourth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office or the prayers prescribed for it: originally the sixth hour of the day (noon)

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sexter
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sext¹

1375–1425; late Middle English sexte, syxt < Medieval Latin sexta ( hōra ) sixth (hour)

Origin of sext²

2005–10; blend of sex ¹ ( def. ) + text ( def. )

Example Sentences

Bartholomew would harangue them until the bell tolled for sext, the midday prayers.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Thus a new collection authorised by Boniface VIII. is called the sext, i.e. the sixth book of the Decretals.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

All met in the church at the canonical hours of tierce, sext, none, and vespers, but returned to their cells, none being allowed to speak, to jest, or to be one moment idle.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

Little hours B.V.M., recited; tierce, mass, sext, sung.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley

For Purgatorie he had no better pruf, but the authoritie of Vergile in his sext Æneidos; and the panes thareof to him was ane evill wyff.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David