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terce
terce T0113400 (tûrs) also tierce (tîrs)n.1. The third of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.2. The time of day appointed for this service, usually the third hour after sunrise.terce (tɜːs) or tiercen (Roman Catholic Church) chiefly RC Church the third of the seven canonical hours of the divine office, originally fixed at the third hour of the day, about 9 a.m.[a variant of tierce]terce (tɜrs)
n. the third of the seven canonical hours. [1350–1400; Middle English terse, tierce tierce] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | terce - the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.tiercecanonical hour - (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer |
Translationsterce
terce in Scotland, an obsolete term for a one-third life rent in her husband's property given to a wife.TERCE, law of Scotland. A life-rent competent by law to widows who have not accepted of special provisions in the third part of the heritable subjects in which the husband died infeft.
2. The terce takes place only where the marriage has subsisted for a year and day, or where a child has been born alive of it. No terce is due out of lands in which the husband was not infeft, unless in case of a fraudulent omission. Cr. 423, Sec. 28; St. 2, 6, 16. The terce is not limited to lands, but extends to teinds, and to servitudes and other burdens affecting lands. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. B. 2, t. 9, s. 26, 27; Burge on the Confl. of Laws, 429 to 435. terce
Synonyms for tercenoun the third canonical hourSynonymsRelated Words |