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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). countable, historical, uncountable
2. 2
   the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. wordnet
3. 3
   The service appointed for this hour. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

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

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