noontide
the time of noon; midday.
the highest or best point or part: the noontide of one's theatrical career.
Literary, Archaic. midnight.
Origin of noontide
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How to use noontide in a sentence
The doors are hung with heavy curtains to exclude the noontide heat, as is still common in Italian churches.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt was a pity I could not do justice to the good things we turned out upon the grass when we made our noontide halts.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada CambridgeThe hot sun poured down its noontide rays, the dust arose in parching clouds, and followed with the wind their flagging footsteps.
Baron Bruno | Louisa MorganReverses, sickness, death—they seem to follow some people as surely as the shadow follows the sun at noontide.
The Shadow of Ashlydyat | Mrs. Henry WoodAs there was no dividing line between the morning and noontide, neither was there any between the afternoon and evening.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter Maunder
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