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triduum

[trij-oo-uh m, trid-yoo-]
noun Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a series of special religious observances over a three-day period, in preparation for a great feast.
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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)
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  • Without a procession, however, the Triduum of the great Pope of the Crusades was a great success in 1882.

    France and the Republic

    William Henry Hurlbert

British Dictionary definitions for triduum

triduum

noun
  1. RC Church a period of three days for prayer before a feast
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Word Origin

C19: Latin, perhaps from triduum spatium a space of three days
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