neomenia
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The time of new moon; the beginning of the month.
- noun In antiquity, a festival held at the time of the new moon.
Examples
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The neomenia, or first day of the moon, kept according to the law, as a festival; and therefore Saul feasted on that day: and expected the attendance of his family.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings The Challoner Revision
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For keeping holy the day of their neomenia, or new-moon, and believing it unlucky to have the moon suffer any hurt on that day, they were wont, because she might on that day eclipse the sun, the solar eclipse happening when the moon is new, to defer the celebration of their neomenia till the next day : or at least for sixteen hours, till the sun was past the eclipse.
Note
The word 'neomenia' comes a Latin word meaning 'new moon'.
