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.

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Tridentine British  

/ traɪˈdɛntaɪn /

adjective

1. history

   1. of or relating to the Council of Trent

   2. in accord with Tridentine doctrine

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noun

1. an orthodox Roman Catholic

Other Word Forms

• post-Tridentine adjective
• pre-Tridentine adjective

Etymology

Origin of Tridentine

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

Example Sentences

In 1999, O'Connor was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.

From BBC

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

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

Under the new rules, the Latin Mass — also known as the Tridentine Mass — can be celebrated only at the chapel at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Forest Glen, Md., the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America in Northeast Washington and St. Dominic Mission Church in Aquasco, Md.

From Washington Post

Indeed, Catholic traditionalists attached to the old rite, also known as the Tridentine Rite, have become some of the biggest opponents to Francis and his belief that the church should be a “field hospital” that welcomes everyone and where the Eucharist is not a “prize for the perfect” but rather medicine for the weak.

From Seattle Times