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tre⋅mis⋅sis

[tri-mis-is]
–noun, plural -mis⋅ses [-mis-eez] .
1. Also called triens. a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d.
2. a Merovingian gold coin imitating this.

Origin:
1700–10; < LL trēmissis, equiv. to L trē(s) three + -missis as in sēmissis, LL form of L sēmis semis (falsely analyzed as sē- + -missis)
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