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triduan

/ˈtɹɪdjʊən/

triduan adjective: lasting three days.

Adjective

triduan (not comparable)

  1. Lasting three days.
    • It seems to be a kind of understanding or unwritten compact between the orator and the audience, that he be allowed to talk without interruption as much as he pleases, so long as they are not called upon to listen to one word that he utters. Accordingly, during the delivery of one of these triduan...1839, Charles Augustus Murray, Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836, volume II, page 318
    • These Litanies are also called Rogations, and Gang Days among the Saxons, and Gang Dawes by old English writers. They are triduan, and take place on the three days before Ascension Day.1841, Robert Thomas Hampson, Medii Evi Kalendarium: Or Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages, page 247
    Synonyms:
    three-day, three day
  2. Happening every third day.
    • The diurnal or triduan prints are too expensive for every individual, and in consequence the weekly ones have been established; […] .1810 January—June, The Universal Magazine, New Series, Volume XIII, page 103
    Synonyms:
    tridaily, thrice-daily, thrice daily

Noun

triduan (plural triduans)

  1. An event lasting three days.
    • Pius IX has defined the sacred dogma, and the Catholic world has rejoiced, and Triduans, that is, three days of special joy and holy exercises, have been celebrated throughout the wide world, and continue to be celebrated in honor of the glad event.1870, Charles George Deuther, The Life and Times of the Rt. Rev. John Timon, D. D., page 232
    • Then they lift their hands up to heaven, and they give a blessing to God and Patrick with the saints of Ireland, and to every soul that is in the assembly of these triduans, whether alone or in a multitude.1891, Henri Gaidoz, Henry Arbois de Jubainville, Joseph Loth, Paul Le Nestour, Revue Celtique, volume 12, page 433

Synonyms of triduan

  • three-day
  • three day
  • tridaily
  • thrice-daily
  • thrice daily

Forms of triduan

pluraltriduans

Origin of triduan

From Latin triduanus, from triduum (“space of three days”).

Questions about triduan

What does triduan mean?
Triduan means lasting three days.
What part of speech is triduan?
Triduan can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce triduan?
Triduan is pronounced /ˈtɹɪdjʊən/ (UK).

Words near triduan in the dictionary

  1. tridrachma
  2. tridrachmas
  3. tridrachms
  4. tridrive
  5. tridua
  6. triduan
  7. triduans
  8. triduum
  9. triduums
  10. tridymite
  11. tridymites

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