Trental
//ˈtɹɛntəl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet wordnet
- 3 The payment for this service.
- 4 Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things. figuratively, obsolete, rare
- 5 Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem. figuratively, obsolete
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- 6 Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial. archaic
Example
More examples"Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules."
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”).
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