Vespers preceder

• Ninth day before ides
• Seventh of March
• Nine days before the Ides of March
• Ides kin
• May 7, e.g
• March 6 in old Rome
• Afternoon prayers
• Prayers before vespers
• The religiously unaffiliated

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., in reference to the Roman calendar, "ninth day (by inclusive reckoning) before the ides of each month" (7th of March, May, July, October, 5th of other months), from Latin nonæ (accusative nonas ), fem. plural of nonus "ninth." Ecclesiastical ...