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tricenary, a. and n.|traɪˈsiːnərɪ|
Also 5 erron. tricenn-.
[ad. L. trīcēnāri-us of, pertaining to, or consisting of thirty, f. trīcēnī thirty each.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to thirty; containing, or lasting, thirty days. ? Obs.
1655Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. (1701) 75/2 After Solon's time, the Civil year..consisted of Months,..alternately of twenty nine, and thirty days, at Athens, though divers places of Greece..did not for a long time after part with their tricenary Months. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 389 Tricenary and yearly Masses.
B. n. R.C. Ch. [med.L. tricēnārium, Du Cange.] A series of masses said on thirty consecutive days: cf. trental.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 94 That sche schulde orden to be seyde for me. v. tricennarijs of messys. 1911A. M. Buchanan tr. Contempl. Life xxi. 101 Numerous anniversary Masses are said, and the suffrages for the dead are increased by tricenaries, during which Masses are offered on thirty consecutive days.
So triceˈnarious a. (rare—0) = tricenary adj.
(In some mod. Dicts. misspelt tricennarious, and confused in form and sense with tricennial.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Tricenarious, of or belonging to thirty. [1836Smart, Tricennial, belonging to the number thirty; Tricennarious is less used. 1882Ogilvie (Annandale), Tricennarious, tricennial; belonging to the term of thirty years.] |