Tenebrae

See also: tenebrae

English

Alternative forms
  • Tenebræ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrae (“shadows, darkness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛnəˌbɹeɪ/, /ˈtɛnəˌbɹiː/

Proper noun

Tenebrae

  1. (Christianity) A Christian religious service celebrated by the Western Church on the evening before or early morning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, involving the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited.

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