Tenebrae


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Tenebrae /ˈtɛnɪbriː, -breɪ/
plural noun (in the Roman Catholic Church) matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, at which candles are successively extinguished.
– origin L., lit. ‘darkness’.
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