trental

[ tren-tl ]

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noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.

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Word History and Origins

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin trentāle, equivalent to Vulgar Latin *trent ( a ) (for Latin trīgintā thirty) + Latin -āle -al ². Cf. Old French trentel

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