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trental en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɛntəl/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).

Meanings

1. A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
   • Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules. c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, Summoner's Tale:
   • their trentals and their shrifts 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
2. The payment for this service.
3. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
4. (figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
5. (archaic) Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.

Forms

Synonyms

triacontad · tricennal (set of requiem masses) · month's mind · any funeral or funereal song or poem · any set of thirty things · elegy · tricenary (set of requiem masses)