NOON  , midday, twelve o'See also:

• CLOCK

clock . The O . Eng. non, . Nor. non, Dutch noen, are all from See also:

• LAT

Lat. nowt sc. hora, the ninth See also:

• HOUR

hour, i.e. according to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SYSTEM

system, three o'clock P.M . (see See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

DAY) . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early uses of noon till the 13th and 14th centuries are either as translating the Latin, especially with reference to the 'Crucifixion, or as See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to the canonical hour of " pones " (see See also:

• BREVIARY (Lat. breviarium, abridgment, epitome)

BREVIARY) . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary word for twelve o'clock was middeeg, midday, also the equivalent of the canonical hour " sext." Both the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and the See also:

• MEAL

meal taken about that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time were shifted to an earlier hour, and by the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the ordinary use of " noon " is that current to-day . For " nones " (i.e. nonae, sc. See also:

• DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies) in the Roman See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar, see CALENDAR .