Tenebraen.

/ˈtɛnɪbriː/

/ˈtɛnɪbreɪ/

Forms: See also tenebres n.

Etymology: < Latin tenebrae darkness; in medieval Latin in the ecclesiastical sense: see Du Cange.

Roman Catholic Church.

The name given to the office of matins and lauds of the following day, usually sung in the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in Holy Week, at which the candles lighted at the beginning of the service are extinguished one by one after each psalm, in memory of the darkness at the time of the crucifixion. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > canonical hours > matins > [noun] > in Holy Week, with lauds

tenebresa1450

Tenebrae1651

1651 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. 304 We were forced to read our Office and even the Tenebræ Matins in the work chamber.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) The service or mattins used in the Roman Church..cal'd tenebræ (thence tenebræ wednesday, thursday, &c.).

1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin (1730) iv. 192 Others more sad and phlegmatick than he Guess'd it the Toning of the Tenebrae.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxiii. 219 The Tenebræ Office.

1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1904) i. 21/1 We attended the Tenebræ, at the Sestine, for the sake of the Miserere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	tenebrae
释义	Tenebraen. /ˈtɛnɪbriː//ˈtɛnɪbreɪ/ Forms: See also tenebres n. Etymology: < Latin tenebrae darkness; in medieval Latin in the ecclesiastical sense: see Du Cange. Roman Catholic Church. The name given to the office of matins and lauds of the following day, usually sung in the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in Holy Week, at which the candles lighted at the beginning of the service are extinguished one by one after each psalm, in memory of the darkness at the time of the crucifixion. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > canonical hours > matins > [noun] > in Holy Week, with lauds tenebresa1450 Tenebrae1651 1651 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. 304 We were forced to read our Office and even the Tenebræ Matins in the work chamber. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) The service or mattins used in the Roman Church..cal'd tenebræ (thence tenebræ wednesday, thursday, &c.). 1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin (1730) iv. 192 Others more sad and phlegmatick than he Guess'd it the Toning of the Tenebrae. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxiii. 219 The Tenebræ Office. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1904) i. 21/1 We attended the Tenebræ, at the Sestine, for the sake of the Miserere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1651
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