triduum

American  

[trij-oo-uhm, trid-yoo-] / ˈtrɪdʒ u əm, ˈtrɪd yu- /

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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triduum British  

/ ˈtrɪdjʊəm, ˈtraɪ- /

noun

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

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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

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

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

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.

Tandem ego non illâ caream, si sit opus, vel totum triduum.

From Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694) by Barnard, John