Tenebrae
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tenebrae
1645–55; < Latin: literally, darkness
Example Sentences
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In 1982, Giallo master Dario Argento directed a slasher film called Tenebrae, or “darkness.”
From The Verge ● Sep. 3, 2021
The Office of Tenebrae is a special Holy Week liturgy of light and shadow.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
An interest became an artistic revelation when Mr. Heras-Casado sang the choral Tenebrae Responsories of the Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, discovering the intricacies of 16th-century polyphony.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2012
They're also screening their early shorts and Argento's 1982 classic Tenebrae – an acknowledged influence.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2011
The church commences her solemn service of each of these days with that part of the divine office called matins and lauds, and at this time Tenebrae from the darkness with which it concludes.
From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Charles Michael Baggs
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