terce.
The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Meaning & usage
The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
The service appointed for this hour.
A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
Where this word comes from
Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).
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