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    Terce is a canonical hour of the Divine Office. It consists mainly of psalms and is held around 9 a.m. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the third...
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  • Tercé (French pronunciation: [tɛʁse]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Communes of the Vienne...
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  • for the division of the day were sought. St. Cyprian sees in the hours of Terce, Sext and Nones, which come after a lapse of three hours, an allusion to...
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    day's progress by striking again at about nine o'clock in the morning (Terce, the "third hour"), tolled for the lunch break at noon (Sext, the "sixth...
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    Matins (nighttime) Lauds (early morning) Prime (first hour of daylight) Terce (third hour) Sext (noon) Nones (ninth hour) Vespers (sunset evening) Compline...
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  • Prior to 1964 the surviving spouse also has a right of terce (not the same as the religious term terce) on the deceased spouse's lands. Thus, under Scots...
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  • comes from Latin and refers to the sixth hour of the day after dawn. With Terce, None and Compline it belongs to the so-called Little Hours. In Oriental...
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  • as are the titles of the seven poems constituting the series: "Prime", "Terce", "Sext", "Nones", "Vespers", "Compline", and "Lauds". Each refers to a...
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  • chain of restaurants serving organic, plant-based (vegan) food, founded by Terces and Matthew Engelhart. In addition to vegan food, honey is served with some...
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    reference to the rhyme in Finnegans Wake (619.27f): With pipe on bowl. Terce for a fiddler, sixt for makmerriers, none for a Cole. Joyce is also punning...
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