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terce

/tɜːs/ UK
/tɝːs/ Canada, US

Sounds like terse · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s

Where it comes from

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

noun terces · tierce

countable, historical, uncountable The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
countable, uncountable The service appointed for this hour.
Similar: undern, half undern, undermeal, underntide, undertide, undern-time, undern-song
countable, uncountable A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

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noun third hour of daylight

Français	tierce

noun Christian service during this hour

Français	tierce

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@misc{terce_2026,
  title = {terce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/terce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}