Tenebrae

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tenebrae (shadows, darkness).

Proper noun

Tenebrae

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  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.