/tɜːs/, /tɝːs/
OriginLate Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).
- countable, historical, uncountableThe third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- countable, uncountableThe service appointed for this hour.
- countable, uncountableA widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
Formsterces(plural) · tierce(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary