Dictionary

terce en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɝːs/ (Canada, US)
• /tɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
2. (countable, qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy, uncountable) The service appointed for this hour.
3. (countable, qualifier:Scots law, uncountable) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

Forms

Hypernyms

liturgy of the hours (service) · canonical hour (both senses)

Synonyms

undertide (hour) · undern-song (service) · undermeal (hour) · undern (hour) · undern-time (hour) · underntide (hour) · half undern (hour)

Translations (15)

fr tierce (Christian service during this hour) · ang undernsang (Christian service during this hour) · ang undern (third hour of daylight) · nl terts (Christian service during this hour) · ang underntima (third hour of daylight) · ang underntid (Christian service during this hour) · ca terça (third hour of daylight) · wa tice (Christian service during this hour) · wa tice (third hour of daylight) · sv ters (Christian service during this hour) · ang underntid (third hour of daylight) · ang undernmæl (third hour of daylight) · fr tierce (third hour of daylight) · nl terts (third hour of daylight) · ca terça (Christian service during this hour)