tricennal

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tricennal

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From mistaken use of Medieval Latin trīcennāle, neuter substantive of Latin trīcennālis (“tricennial”), from trīcennium (“30-year period”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from trīciēs (“30 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Doublet of tricennial.

noun tricennals

obsolete Synonym of trental, set of 30 requiem masses, the payment for such services. Your forefathers sawe somwhat, whiche made this constitution, against the venalitie and sale of Masses, that vnder peine of suspending, no priest shuld sell his sayinge of tricennals, or annals.
Similar: trental, set of 30 requiem masses

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@misc{tricennal_2026,
  title = {tricennal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tricennal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}