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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

• sexter
  noun

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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. )

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Example Sentences

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sext Sext

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

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

From tierce to sext, and then again from sext to nones, Abbot John of the House of Waverley had been seated in his study while he conducted the many high duties of his office.

From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

At prime, tierce, sext, none, vespers, complin, and the midnight office, they daily sung the whole psalter, which every sister was obliged to know by heart.

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

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

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

From Matins at 5:30 a.m. through Lauds, Prime, Mass, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline, the monks sing their way through each day, striving always for perfection.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Historie of "King James the Sext," and the second is now in the press.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott

The hopeless state of the republican or rather the senatorial party was such that almost all hastened to make submission to the conquerors: those whose sturdy spirit still disdained submission resorted to Sext.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

The little Irish novice had rung the chapel bell for Sext and None.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

They have the same structure in Terce, Sext, None, but differ in character.

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

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