triduum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of triduum
1880–85; < Latin trīduum period of three days, equivalent to trī- tri- + -duum < *diwom, akin to diēs day (long i perhaps after postrīdiē on the following day)
Example Sentences
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The procession is part of the Church's Easter triduum festival.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2014
At the beatification triduum at Lisieux, 100,000 persons were present; the Pope sent a Legate and there were no less than three Cardinals, 14 Bishops and 500 Priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Sundays of Advent, Sundays after Septuagesima until Palm Sunday, and in the triduum before Easter, there are nine responsories recited.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
In this triduum, in all hours up to and including None on Holy Saturday the collect is said after the Psalm Miserere.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
Exoritur dein post triduum fere ubique confessum inter omnes sidus ingens quod canis ortum vocamus, sole partem primam leonis ingresso.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir
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