Tridentine
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the city of Trent.
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of or relating to the Council of Trent.
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conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Tridentine
1555–65; < Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, adj. use of Latin Tridentīnus area of the Rhaetian Alps around Tridentum; see -ine 1
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In 1999, O'Connor was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church — a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
By the fall of 2010, the panel was returned to the Tridentine Diocesan Museum in Trento, Italy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had relaxed restrictions on the old Latin Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, in 2007.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
After high mass, accompanied with the recitation of the Tridentine creed, the four days' conference began with a brilliant presidential address by Döllinger “On the Past and Present of Catholic Theology.”
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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