Tenebrae
See also: tenebrae
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tenebrae (“shadows, darkness”).
Proper noun
Tenebrae
- (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.