terna

American  

[ter-nuh, tur-] / ˈtɛr nə, ˈtɜr- /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.

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Etymology

Origin of terna

1880–85; short for New Latin terna nōmina three names together, feminine of ternus. See tern ²

Example Sentences

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terna

For gobernadorcillo three individuals have to be nominated by a plurality of votes, and the respective place of each one in the terna must be expressed.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson