Terce
Word | TERCE |
Character | 5 |
Hyphenation | terce |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Terce"
What do we mean by terce?
The third of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use. noun
The time of day appointed for this service, usually the third hour after sunrise. noun
A third; a third part. noun
Same as tierce, 3. noun
In Scots law, a right corresponding to dower in English law; a real right whereby a widow who has not accepted any special provision is entitled to a life-rent of one third of the heritage in which her husband died infeft, provided the marriage has endured for a year and a day, or has produced a living child. No widow is entitled to her terce until she is regularly kenned to it. See ken, transitive verb, 5. noun
In the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, and in religious houses, and as a devotional office in the Anglican Church, the office of the third hour: originally and properly said half-way between sunrise and noon. See canonical hours, under canonical. noun
See tierce. noun
The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. noun
The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. noun
The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
The service appointed for this hour.
A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
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