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trental

[ tren-tl ]
/ ˈtrɛn tl /
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noun Roman Catholic Church.
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
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Origin of trental

1300–50; Middle English <Medieval Latin trentāle, equivalent to Vulgar Latin *trent(a) (for Latin trīgintā thirty) + Latin -āle-al2. Cf. Old French trentel
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