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plural trentals
(Christianity) A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day. quotations examples
Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules.
c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, Summoner's Tale
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, […]
(Christianity) The payment for this service. examples
(figurative, rare, obsolete) Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
(figurative, obsolete) Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
(Christianity, archaic) Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.