tierce

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Oui; mais tu me pousses en tierce, avant que de pousser en quarte, et tu n'as pas la patience que je pare. "

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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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  • The tower bell above the Church of Our Lady of Paris announces tierce, and Buridan, peering past the scaffolding that still adorns the cathedral's upper reaches, gauges the sun's position. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2007
  • Every Sunday I usually put my bet on the tierce, but it surprised me that a man like him should play the horses You only saw him at the pari-mutuel that once Yes …  Frankly, I am hardly ever out at that time of day Thank you There was a grocery next door into which Maigret entered, the photograph in his hand. —  Maigret and the Black Sheep - Georges Simenon - 86
  • At ten she recited tierce, sext, and none; and then, prostrate at the foot of her crucifix, she examined her conscience, and imposed on herself penances in proportion to the number and grievousness of her faults. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
  • Sequences of 3-8 cards are called tierce, quart, quint, sixième, septième and huitième respectively. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Imbecile! to have a tierce-major and a seven of hearts, and discard the seven! —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)
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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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