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tricennal

tricennal noun: synonym of trental, set of 30 requiem masses, the payment for such services.

Noun

tricennal (plural tricennals)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of trental, set of 30 requiem masses, the payment for such services.
    • Your forefathers sawe somwhat, whiche made this constitution, against the venalitie and sale of Masses, that vnder peine of suspending, no priest shuld sell his sayinge of tricennals, or annals.1537, H. Latimer, Sermon to Clergie, E2
    Synonyms:
    trental, set of 30 requiem masses

Synonyms of tricennal

Forms of tricennal

pluraltricennals

Origin of tricennal

From mistaken use of Medieval Latin trīcennāle, neuter substantive of Latin trīcennālis (“tricennial”), from trīcennium (“30-year period”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from trīciēs (“30 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Doublet of tricennial.

Questions about tricennal

What does tricennal mean?
Tricennal means synonym of trental, set of 30 requiem masses, the payment for such services.
What part of speech is tricennal?
Tricennal is a noun.
What is the plural of tricennal?
The plural of tricennal is tricennals.

Words near tricennal in the dictionary

  1. tricellulins
  2. tricenarian
  3. tricenarians
  4. tricenaries
  5. tricenary
  6. tricennal
  7. tricennalia
  8. tricennalias
  9. tricennals
  10. tricennia
  11. tricennial

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