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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

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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

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

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

How that Henry the sext was crouned king be the might of grete lordes.

From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown

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

After that there followed Tierce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline, spread at intervals through the day.

From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power

The next service was Prime, said at 6 or 7 a.m., and then throughout the day came Tierce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline, with an interval of about three hours between them.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

"Well, we shall see!" and he went off to the office of Sext almost calmed, and thence to dinner, where he found M. Bruno.

From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

Prime may be, and, probably with more appropriateness, should be used as morning prayer and said before Mass. Terce and Sext may be said before mid-day, or Sext and None may be said after mid-day.

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

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