tertianship

[tur-shuh n-ship]

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noun

(in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.

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Origin of tertianship

First recorded in 1850–55; tertian + -ship

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It is little enough, lasting only a few days compared with a whole year of the tertianship.
The Priestly Vocation
Bishop Bernard Ward