Ten|e|brae

Ten|e|brae
Ten|e|brae «TEHN uh bree», noun (plural).
in the Roman Catholic Church:
1. the office of matins and lauds for the following day sung the afternoon or evening before each of the three days preceding Easter.
2. a public service at which this office is sung.
╂[< Medieval Latin Tenebrae < Latin tenebrae, plural, darkness]

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