trental
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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trental (plural trentals)
- (Christianity) A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. , London: William Ponsonbie, , →OCLC:
- their trentals and their shrifts
- (Christianity) The payment for this service.
- (figurative, rare, obsolete) Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
- (figurative, obsolete) Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
- (Christianity, archaic) Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.
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References
- “trental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “trental, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
