Tenebrae

== English == === Alternative forms === Tenebræ === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrae (“shadows, darkness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛnəˌbɹeɪ/, /ˈtɛnəˌbɹiː/ === Proper noun === Tenebrae (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