"Trinity term" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪnɪti ˌtɜːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪnəti ˌtɜɹm/ [General-American], [-ɾi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aika77-Trinity term.wav [General-American] Forms: Trinity terms [plural]
Etymology: From trinity + term (noun). In the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, the term begins in the week following the Christian feast day of Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsunday, which falls at the end of May or in early June. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|tréyes}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*ter-|*terh₂-|id2=boundary}}, {{compound|en|trinity|term|notext=1|pos2=n|type=exocentric}} trinity + term (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Trinity term (plural Trinity terms)
  1. (law) The fourth and final term of the legal year in England and Wales, and in Ireland, running from June to July, during which the upper courts sit to hear cases.
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  2. (by extension, education) The third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Easter term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates. Tags: broadly Translations (third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June): 聖三一學期 /圣三一学期 (Shèngsānyīxuéqī, Shèngsānyīxuéqí) (Chinese Mandarin), kesälukukausi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Trinity_term-en-noun-SsAPVkUy Categories (other): Education, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 54 46 Topics: education Disambiguation of 'third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June': 12 88

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