Sext

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.

(2): ( n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

a name given to the noonday service (q.v.) of the early Christian Church because it was held at the sixth hour.

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