Meanings
- CatholicismA period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday.
2020, Christopher Carstens, Principles of Sacred Liturgy, Liturgy Training Publications (Hillenbrand Books), page 202, The three-day Paschal Triduum is its own season and is the center of the sacramental year. The Easter season follows the Paschal Triduum and concludes with Pentecost.
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The Triduum was seen more as a preparation for Easter than as embracing Easter, more as a Triduum of the Passion than as the Paschal Triduum
1995, Roger Greenacre, Jeremy Haselock, The Sacrament of Easter, Gracewing, page 105The high point of the entire liturgical year is the Paschal Triduum, which begins on Holy Thursday evening and lasts until Easter Sunday evening. The Paschal Triduum celebrates the paschal mystery of Jesus Christ, who dying has destroyed our death, and by rising restored our life.
2015, Mark G. Boyer, The Liturgical Environment, 3rd edition, Liturgical Press, page 262Synonyms: Easter Triduum, Holy Triduum, Sacred Paschal Triduum, Three Days
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday.
Origin
- LatinTrīduum Paschāle
- EnglishPaschal Triduum
Learned borrowing from Latin Trīduum Paschāle.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Triduum pascal
- Triduum pascalperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
German Triduum Paschale, Triduum Sacrum
- Triduum Paschaleperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
- Triduum Sacrumperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
- Ostertriduumperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
- österliches Triduumperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Italian Triduo pasquale
- Triduo pasqualeperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Latin Triduum Paschale
- Triduum Paschaleperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Polish Triduum Paschalne
- Triduum Paschalneperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Tagalog Banal na Tridwo ng Paskuwa
- Banal na Tridwo ng Paskuwaperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Welsh Triduum y Pasg
- Triduum y Pasgperiod of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday
Cite this entry
Paschal Triduum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paschal%20Triduum
“Paschal Triduum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paschal%20Triduum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paschal Triduum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paschal%20Triduum.
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