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tertianship
[ tur-shuhn-ship ]
noun
- (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
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Origin of tertianship1
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Example Sentences
It is little enough, lasting only a few days compared with a whole year of the tertianship.
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