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Tridentine

American  
[trahy-den-tin, -tahyn, -teen] / traɪˈdɛn tɪn, -taɪn, -tin /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the city of Trent.

  2. of or relating to the Council of Trent.

  3. conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.


Tridentine British  
/ traɪˈdɛntaɪn /

adjective

  1. history

    1. of or relating to the Council of Trent

    2. in accord with Tridentine doctrine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an orthodox Roman Catholic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Tridentine

1555–65; < Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, adj. use of Latin Tridentīnus area of the Rhaetian Alps around Tridentum; see -ine 1

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In one of the stranger turns of her life she was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2023

In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church — a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2023

By the fall of 2010, the panel was returned to the Tridentine Diocesan Museum in Trento, Italy.

From Washington Post Mar. 29, 2022

Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had relaxed restrictions on the old Latin Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, in 2007.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2021

The countess appealed to the rite of the Tridentine Council, according to which she and Freyer, after this declaration, were man and wife, even without a wedding ceremony or permission to marry in another diocese.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

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