tierce

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Cadfael took his problem with him into the church at the hour of tierce, and said the office privately in a quiet corner.

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  1. noun Ecclesiastical The third of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.
  2. noun Ecclesiastical The time of day appointed for this service, usually the third hour after sunrise.
  3. noun A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters).
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  • And then, before it came over me that we had to do with life and death, he was upon me with a volte coupe, feinting in high carte and thrusting in low tierce, his point passing through a fold in my shirt. —  Richard Carvel
  • I couldn't bear to put my family and friends in such a position. —  Mao's last dancer
  • Cadfael took his problem with him into the church at the hour of tierce, and said the office privately in a quiet corner. —  A River So Long
  • "Don't be stupid." —  Bush Doctor's Bride
  • Impatient. —  Flux Tales of Human Futures
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from feminine of tiers, third, from Latin tertius; see trei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also, in some senses, terce; from Middle English tierce, tyerse, from Old French (and F.), tiers, masculine (= Spanish Portuguese tercia, feminine, = Italian terzo, masculine), a third part, third, tierce, from tiers, third, from Latin tertius, third (= English third), from tres = English three.
 

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