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Paschal Triduum en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpaskəl ˈtɹɪ.dju.əm/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Trīduum Paschāle.

Meanings

  1. A period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday.
    • The Triduum was seen more as a preparation for Easter than as embracing Easter, more as a Triduum of the Passion than as the Paschal Triduum 1995, Roger Greenacre, Jeremy Haselock, The Sacrament of Easter, Gracewing, page 105:
    • The high point of the entire liturgical year is the Paschal Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday evening and lasts until Easter Sunday evening. The Paschal Triduum celebrates the paschal mystery of Jesus Christ, who dying has destroyed our death, and by rising restored our life. 2015, Mark G. Boyer, The Liturgical Environment, 3rd edition, Liturgical Press, page 262:
    • 2020, Christopher Carstens, Principles of Sacred Liturgy, Liturgy Training Publications (Hillenbrand Books), page 202, The three-day Paschal Triduum is its own season and is the center of the sacramental year. The Easter season follows the Paschal Triduum and concludes with Pentecost.

Synonyms

Sacred Paschal Triduum · Easter Triduum · Three Days · Holy Triduum

Translations (10)

tl Banal na Tridwo ng Paskuwa (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · cy Triduum y Pasg (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · fr Triduum pascal (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · it Triduo pasquale (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · de Triduum Paschale (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · de österliches Triduum (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · pl Triduum Paschalne (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · de Ostertriduum (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · de Triduum Sacrum (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday) · la Triduum Paschale (period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday)