NOVENA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: novenae

Meaning:

A Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("novena" is a kind of...):

devotion ((usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently))

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)