the fourth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office or the prayers prescribed for it: originally the sixth hour of the day (noon)
Word origin
C15: from Church Latin sexta hōra the sixth hour
sext in British English2
(sɛkst) informal
noun
1.
a sexually explicit text message
2.
a text message containing an invitation to have sex
verb
3.
to send (someone) such a text message
Derived forms
sexting (ˈsexting)
noun
Word origin
C21: a blend of sex + text
Sext in British English
(sɛkst)
noun
Roman Catholic Church
an official compilation of decretals issued by Boniface VIII in 1298 to supplement the five books of the Liber Extra. It forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
In full: Liber Sextus
sext in American English
(sɛkst)
noun
[oftenS-]
the fourth of the canonical hours, originally assigned to the sixth hour of the day (i.e., to noon, counting from 6 a.m.
Word origin
ME sexte < ML(Ec) sexta < L sexta (hora), sixth (hour), fem. of sextus, sixth
sext in American English
(sekst)
noun
Ecclesiast
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon
Word origin
[1375–1425; late ME sexte, syxt ‹ ML sexta (hōra) sixth (hour)]