1. Nonexistence; the negation of being.
2. A thing not existing. South.
3. A person or thing of little or no account. [Colloq.]
NON-EPISCOPAL
Non`-E*pis"co*pal, a.
Defn: Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
NONES Nones, n. pl. Etym: [L. nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, fr. nonus ninth, from novem nine. See Nine, Nones, 2, Noon .]
1. (Roman Cal.)
Defn: The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June,
August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of
March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the
ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.
2. Etym: [F. none, fr. L. See Noon.]
Defn: The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.