trental
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trental
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin trentāle, equivalent to Vulgar Latin *trent ( a ) (for Latin trīgintā thirty) + Latin -āle -al 2. Cf. Old French trentel
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The holy sisters some among, The sacred dirge and trental sung; But ah! what sweets smelt everywhere, As heaven had spent all perfumes there!
From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave
From this fact of St. Gregory, a trental of masses for a soul departed are usually called the Gregorian masses, on which see Gavant and others.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
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