Definition of "noels" [noels]

• Plural form of noel. (noun)

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• "September 09, 2006 11:44 AM noels' email to zd said:"
• "The earliest German Weihnachtslieder date from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the earliest noels from the eleventh, the earliest carols from the thirteenth."
• "The degeneration of these plays in part occasioned the diffusion of noels, pastorali, and carols, to which was accorded, at times, a quasi-liturgical position."