none

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Meanings

(chiefly American) A person without religious affiliation.
Alternative of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; the religious service appointed to this hour.
Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

From Middle English none, noon, non, from Old English nān, from ne + ān. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane, Saterland Frisian naan, neen, West Frisian neen & gjin, Dutch neen & geen, Low German nen, neen, German nein & kein, Latin nōn ("not").
From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play of words on nun.
From French none, from Latin nōna.

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