English Explanatory Dictionary

terce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/tɜːs/ /tɝːs/

Word forms

terce terces tierce

Etymology

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

Synonyms

undern half undern undermeal underntide undertide undern-time undern-song
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