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Definition of Tierce
1. Noun. The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m..
2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
3. Noun. One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. "It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
Definition of Tierce
1. n. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
Definition of Tierce
1. Noun. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. ¹
2. Noun. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. ¹
3. Noun. (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant. ¹
4. Noun. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. ¹
5. Noun. (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. ¹
6. Noun. (heraldiccharge) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. ¹
7. Noun. (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. ¹
8. Noun. (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.) ¹
9. Adjective. (heraldry) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tierce
1. one of seven canonical daily periods for prayer and devotion [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tierce
1. 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. 2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc, are packed for shipment. 3. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. 4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. 5. A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. 6. The third hour of the day, or nine a.m.; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. Origin: F. Tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. Tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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