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terce

noun
/tɜːs/UK/tɝːs/CA

Etymology

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

  1. derived from tertia
  2. derived from terce

Definitions

  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…

    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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