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

• 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

James the subprior, and Brother John and I had spent our day from sext onward on Hankley, cutting bracken for the cow-houses.

From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

The custom of praying at these three hours, terce, sext and none, is very ancient.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

Since the 6th century the number and order of the hours have been fixed thus: matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, compline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various