Trinity term
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Trinity term
- /ˈtɹɪnɪti ˌtɜːm/ UK
- /ˈtɹɪnəti ˌtɜɹm/ US
- [-ɾi] US
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From trinity + term (noun). In the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, the term begins in the week following the Christian feast day of Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsunday, which falls at the end of May or in early June.
noun Trinity terms
- The fourth and final term of the legal year in England and Wales, and in Ireland, running from June to July, during which the upper courts sit to hear cases. [Order] XIX. That whenever the time allowed for any of the following purposes, that is to say, for amending any bill, for filing, delivering, and referring exceptions to any answer, or for obtaining a Master's report upon any exceptions, would expire in the interval between the last seal after Trini
- The third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Easter term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates. There are four terms in the year, viz. […] 4. Trinity term, which begins on Wednesday after Whitsunday, and ends on the Saturday after the Act, which is always on the first Tuesday in July.
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noun third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June
| 中文 | 聖三一學期 /圣三一学期 Shèngsānyīxuéqī, Shèngsānyīxuéqí |
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title = {Trinity term},
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