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terce.

The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɜːs/Received-Pronunciation/tɝːs/Canada, US
  1. The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

    countable · historical · uncountable
  2. The service appointed for this hour.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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