novena

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N0178400 (nō-vē′nə)n. pl. no·ve·nas or no·ve·nae (-nē) Roman Catholic Church A recitation of prayers and devotions for a special purpose during nine consecutive days.

[Medieval Latin novēna, from feminine of Latin novēnus, nine each, from novem, nine; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.]

novena

(nəʊˈviːnə) n, pl -nas or -nae (-niː) (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a devotion consisting of prayers or services on nine consecutive days[C19: from Medieval Latin, from Latin novem nine]

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(noʊˈvi nə, nə-)

n., pl. -nae (-ni) -nas. a Roman Catholic devotion occurring on nine consecutive days. [1850–55; < Medieval Latin novēna, n. use of feminine singular of Latin novēnī nine each = nov(em) nine]

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novena - a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive daysdevotion - (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); "he returned to his devotions"Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

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(nōvē`nə) [Lat.,=a group of nine], in the Roman Catholic Church, primarily a series of public or private prayers extending over nine consecutive days, especially nine days preceding a feast. They often carry an indulgenceindulgence,
in the Roman Catholic Church, the pardon of temporal punishment due for sin. It is to be distinguished from absolution and the forgiveness of guilt. The church grants indulgences out of the Treasury of Merit won for the church by Christ and the saints.
..... Click the link for more information. . More rarely, a novena extends over any nine days, as nine consecutive Mondays or nine first Fridays of the month. By extension, especially in America, the term is used for a regular series of prayers, e.g., a "perpetual novena" occurring every Friday. Novenas are made especially in honor of the saints to ask their intercession for certain benefits. They are frequent in honor of the Virgin Mary (under her various aspects, e.g., Our Lady of Sorrows), of St. Joseph, of St. Anne, of St. Anthony, and of other saints whose cults are popular, and they are said for the repose of the souls in purgatory. Widespread public novenas are those of Pentecost (beginning the Saturday after Ascension), of the Assumption (Aug. 7–15), of the Immaculate Conception (Nov. 30–Dec. 8), and the "novena of grace," in honor of St. Francis Xavier (Mar. 3–11). Public novenas must be approved by the church authorities. The practice of novenas is very ancient in the Western Church, and the idea was probably borrowed from Roman paganism.

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