TERCE

terce, tierce

(noun) the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

terce (countable and uncountable, plural terces)

(historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

(chiefly, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) The service appointed for this hour.

(Scotland, legal) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

Synonyms

• (hour): undern, half undern, undermeal, underntide, undertide (obsolete)

• (service): undern-song (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• (both senses): canonical hour

• (service): liturgy of the hours

Anagrams

• -crete, Crete, erect, recte

Source: Wiktionary

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Terce, n.

Definition: See Tierce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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