(Latin: nona, nine)
In the Divine Office, the Office of the ninth hour (about 3 P.M.). Like the other Lesser Hours of the Office it arose from private devotion, but became a public fixed custom from the 4th century. In structure and content it is similar to the other Lesser Hours.
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