terce

American  

[turs] / tɜrs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. a variant of tierce.

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terce British  

/ tɜːs /

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of terce

a variant of _tierce

Example Sentences

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terce

We whitewashed no more than the fourth part of the roof before the church bells rang terce, the hour for our lessons to begin.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

And the poynt of the Isle of Orleans toward the Northeast is in 47 degrees and one terce of a degree.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

When it is the hour of terce, I rise from Mass, and you would see a dead woman go to St. Peter's; and I enter anew to labour in the ship of Holy Church.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

This riuer standeth in sixe degrees, lacking a terce.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard

Since the 6th century the number and order of the hours have been fixed thus: matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, compline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various