terce

(Inglese)

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
  2. (countable, uncountable) The service appointed for this hour.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/tɜːs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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

tierce

third hour

tercja

tèrcia

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