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.

Anagrams

• rebeaten