In the Roman Church it was sometimes called the nocturn or night office.
When, therefore, only onenocturn is recited, the invitatory is to be omitted except on the dies obitus seu depositionis.
The lessons of third nocturn for same period are given after those of second nocturn.
Some think that the first nocturn was said about 9 p.
In the Breviary, before the recent reform, twelve psalms were recited in the first nocturnof Sundays and on ferias.
The lessons of the second nocturn are generally commemorative of a saint or some episode of a saint's life.
In the third nocturn, Alleluia is added to the antiphons, because the third nocturn typifies the time of grace, in which we should express the joy that is ours in the birth of the Saviour.
Sext, or the third nocturn of Matins) is an omission of a notable part and cannot be excused from grave sin.
This addition, which was copied from the monastic practice, built up the three nocturnform of office and became the model and form of the office for saints.
Nocturn of the dirge; there was nothing to be seen or heard, but I felt some physical inconvenience in beginning, like an impediment in speech, and I had a very strong sensation that there were persons listening.
At half-past three in the afternoon the first nocturn began, with the Psalms, Lessons, etc.
Each Nocturn contains three Psalms, signifying that Christ died for all, and also symbolical of the three laws, the natural, the written, and the evangelical.
When all were assembled, fifteen psalms were sung; then came the nocturn and more psalms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nocturn" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
