Meanings
plural trentals
- ChristianityA set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
their trentals and their shrifts
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC1 more example
Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules.
c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, Summoner's Tale - figurativelyobsoleterareSynonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
Synonyms: triacontad, any set of thirty things
- archaicChristianitySynonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.
Synonyms: month's mind
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
nounSynonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
nounSynonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
nounSynonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
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Origin
- Latintrīgintā“thirty”
- Vulgar Latintrenta
- Old Frenchtrentel
- Medieval Latintrentāle
- Englishtrental
From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).
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