The third hour of the day; the time at or about 9 o'clock in the morning. In ecclesiastical use = tierce. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > faith > worship > canonical hours > tierce (9 a.m.) > [noun] (5) underna900 The third hour of the day; the time at or about 9 o'clock in the morning. In ecclesiastical use = tierce. Obsolete. undern-songa1400 attributive, as undern-bell, undern-song. tiercec1450 Christian Church. The third hour of the canonical day, ending at 9 a.m.; also, the period from 9 a.m. till noon. (Cf. prime, n.1 1) Obsolete exc… third hour1706 (a) among the Jews, the third of the twelve equal divisions of time between morning and evening; the hour between 8 and 9 a.m.; (b) Roman Catholic C… tierce-song1852 the office of terce (= sense 2b); cf. undern-song at undern, n. compounds. |
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