"terce" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|terce}} Old French terce, {{der|en|la|tertia||third; the third hour}} Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} terce (countable and uncountable, plural terces)
  1. (historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Translations (third hour of daylight): terça [feminine] (Catalan), terts [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), tierce [feminine] (French), undern [masculine] (Old English), undernmæl (Old English), underntid (Old English), underntima (Old English), tice [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-terce-en-noun-kUWnfpFq Disambiguation of 'third hour of daylight': 85 8 7
  2. (chiefly Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) The service appointed for this hour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Three, Times of day Synonyms (hour): undern, half undern, undermeal, underntide, undertide [obsolete] Synonyms (service): undern-song [obsolete] Hypernyms (service): liturgy of the hours Translations (Christian service during this hour): terça [feminine] (Catalan), terts [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), tierce [feminine] (French), undernsang (Old English), underntid (Old English), tice [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-terce-en-noun-PT68V~1g Disambiguation of Three: 16 59 25 Disambiguation of Times of day: 11 76 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 56 35 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism Disambiguation of 'hour': 43 57 0 Disambiguation of 'service': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'service': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Christian service during this hour': 21 75 4
  3. (Scots law) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Scots law
    Sense id: en-terce-en-noun-in0PwZVE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tierce Hypernyms (both senses): canonical hour
Disambiguation of 'both senses': 35 31 34

Inflected forms

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