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Tri⋅den⋅tine

  [trahy-den-tin, -tahyn, -teen]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the city of Trent.
2. of or pertaining to the Council of Trent.
3. conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.
Origin:
1555–65; < ML Tridentīnus, adj. use of L Tridentīnus area of the Rhaetian Alps around Tridentum; see -ine 1
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Tri·den·tine   (trī-děn'tīn', -tēn')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to an ecumenical council held by the Roman Catholic Church in Trent, Italy, from 1545 to 1563, as a response to calls for reform and the spread of Protestantism.

  2. Of or relating to the decrees, reforms, or results of that council: the Tridentine Catechism.

n.  A Roman Catholic who rigorously conforms to the Tridentine Creed formulated at that council.

[Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, from Latin, area around Tridentum, from Tridentum (Trent).]
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