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Related words

Nones | None | Nonessential | Nonesuch | Nonesense

Nones meaning

  1. The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
  2. The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
  3. The divine office appointed to the hour.

Synonyms of Nones

canonical hour

Related words

Other words often associated with Nones or its synonyms:

hour

Using Nones

  • The main meaning on this page is: The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months. | The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm). | The divine office appointed to the hour.
  • Useful related words include: canonical hour.
  • In the example corpus, nones often appears in combinations such as: the nones, of nones, religious nones.

Context around Nones

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

religious 2× black 1× calends 1× kalends 1×

Often after:

retain 1× feel 1× say 1× grew 1× 5th 1× fell 1× falling 1×

Sentence patterns with Nones

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

10 the nones 1× as the nones grew in 1× avoid the nones falling on 1× calends nones and ides 1× month the nones 5th or 1× number of nones no affiliation 1× of religious nones in its 1× of the nones 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as churches and 1× calends nones and 1× in doing so 1× instead they counted 1× pew says all 1× religious nones make 1×

Common sentence endings:

10 the nones 1× 60 in denmark 1× e g prid 1× elements of religiosity 1× fall 2024 edition 1× grew in magnitude 1×

Words around Nones

Just before it in the word index:

nonequivalent 3 nonequilibrium 2 nonentity 8 nonempty 35 nonempirical 2 nonemergency 10

Just after it in the word index:

nonesense 2 nonessential 107 nonesuch 9 nonet 5 nonetheless 1.740 nonexclusive 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Nones

  • In this selection, "nones" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, religious, black, calends, retain, feel and say stand out and add context to how "nones" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 10 the nones and as the nones grew in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nones" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nones

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

You’ve heard of the rise of the nones. (9 words)

The day preceding the Kalends, Nones, or Ides was Pridie, e.g., Prid. (13 words)

In doing so, we might all discover the spiritual value of the “nones” among us. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

While 59 percent of “nones” say they have either a “mostly” or “very” favorable view of Pope Francis – compared to 39 percent when he was first elected – only 43 percent of white evangelicals said they shared that perspective. (38 words)

Religious “nones” make up a growing share of the population in Western Europe, and within this group, the percentage who say they pay the church tax ranges from 14% in Switzerland to a clear (60%) in Denmark. (37 words)

Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st of the following month). (36 words)

Question examples

As churches and denominations lose members each year and the number of “Nones” (no affiliation) grow, can we not see the culture is winning our children and we are doing nothing to stop it? (34 words)

Example sentences (17)

As churches and denominations lose members each year and the number of “Nones” (no affiliation) grow, can we not see the culture is winning our children and we are doing nothing to stop it?

According to some experts, the central role religious groups played in securing civil rights is part of why Black nones retain elements of religiosity.

The academic journal Journal of Sociology and Christianity published Truscott’s abstract “Rape, Suicide, and the Rise of Religious Nones,” in its fall 2024 edition.

While Pew’s new report offers some reasons for hope, it also shows that many nones feel uncomfortable in religious spaces.

You’ve heard of the rise of the nones.

While 59 percent of “nones” say they have either a “mostly” or “very” favorable view of Pope Francis – compared to 39 percent when he was first elected – only 43 percent of white evangelicals said they shared that perspective.

Pew says all categories of the religiously unaffiliated population, often referred to as the “nones,” grew in magnitude.

Religious “nones” make up a growing share of the population in Western Europe, and within this group, the percentage who say they pay the church tax ranges from 14% in Switzerland to a clear (60%) in Denmark.

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In doing so, we might all discover the spiritual value of the “nones” among us.

The rest whom we traditionally refer to as "lost" represent about 30 percent of the population (3 of 10—the nones).

Calends, nones, and ides The ides occur on the thirteenth day in eight of the months, but in March, May, July, and October, they occur on the fifteenth.

Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st of the following month).

The day preceding the Kalends, Nones, or Ides was Pridie, e.g., Prid.

The Ides fell on the thirteenth in those months in which the Nones fell on the fifth, and the fifteenth in the other four months.

The nones always occur 8 days (one Roman week) before the ides, i.e., on the fifth or the seventh.

The Nones was eight days before the Ides, and fell on the fifth or seventh day of the month, depending on the position of the Ides.

To avoid the nones falling on a nundine, where necessary an intercalary day was inserted "in the middle of the Terminalia, where they placed the intercalary month".

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Common combinations with nones

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nones" in a sentence?
An example: "As churches and denominations lose members each year and the number of “Nones” (no affiliation) grow, can we not see the culture is winning our children and we are doing nothing to stop it?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "nones" from authentic English texts.
What does "nones" mean?
Nones means: The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
What are synonyms of "nones"?
Common synonyms of "nones" include: canonical hour.
How many example sentences with "nones" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "nones", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.