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What is a nocturn?

What is a nocturn? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Christianity) The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
  2. (Christianity) A portion of the psalter used during nocturns.
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The contessa's reception began at the first nocturn, between sunset and midnight.
The newly launched camera model offers GigE VisionA functionality into its NOCTURN line of products.
It was to be lighted again by one of the novices appointed for the purpose during the last psalm of each nocturn.
Tropics did beat Nocturn in the Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket on good to soft, but I would be wary of accepting either of them will be suited by today's surface.
For the more adventurous ones we offer a day in the trees of an Adventure Ropecourse, the nocturn fun of target lazer game or a canoeing trip down the river Sûre.
The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the morrow.

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