Terce
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /tɜːs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Terce is a noun meaning (Scots law) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
Meaning
(Scots law) A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
More Meanings
- (historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) The service appointed for this hour.
Word Forms
- terces
Synonyms for terce
Depending on context, synonyms include undern, undermeal, underntide, undertide, undern-time, undern-song.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tierce, undern, noon, threeish, three, thirding.
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