Tridentine
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the city of Trent.
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of or relating to the Council of Trent.
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conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.
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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 1999, O'Connor was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 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
The 16th-century Tridentine Mass was replaced after the Second Vatican Council with a new standard version approved in 1970.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021
Written for orchestra and choir, it is based on the Tridentine Mass of the Catholic Church.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
But Hefele had seen the Tridentine Acts in the spring of 1869, and knew about it without Theiner's help.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
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