English Explanatory Dictionary

tricennal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of trental, set of 30 requiem masses, the payment for such services.

Word forms

tricennal tricennals

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

trental set of 30 requiem masses
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary