terce

[ turs ]

nounEcclesiastical.
  1. a variant of tierce (def. 3).

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terce

tierce

/ (tɜːs) /


noun
  1. mainly 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.

Origin of terce

1
a variant of tierce

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