trental

American  

[tren-tl] / ˈtrɛn tl /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.

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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

Example Sentences

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 Palgrave, Francis Turner

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 Butler, Alban