TRIDUUM Definition & Meaning

triduum

[ trij-oo-uhm, trid-yoo- ]

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noun

Roman Catholic Church.

a series of special religious observances over a three-day period, in preparation for a great feast.

triduum

/ ˈtrɪdjʊəm; ˈtraɪ- /

noun

RC Church a period of three days for prayer before a feast

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of triduum¹

1880–85; < Latin �ٰ�ī��ܳܳ� period of three days, equivalent to �ٰ�ī- tri- + -duum < *diwom, akin to �徱ŧ�� day (long i perhaps after ��ǲ��ٰ�ī�徱ŧ on the following day)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of triduum¹

C19: Latin, perhaps from triduum spatium a space of three days

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Easter is the third day of the larger three-day festival known as Holy Triduum, which begins on the evening of Maundy Thursday, marking the night of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples.

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The Great Vigil of Easter, the last of the three great liturgies of the Holy Triduum.

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The procession is part of the Church's Easter triduum festival.

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Triduum, trid′ū-um, n. a space of three days: a three days' service of prayer preparatory to a saint's day, &c.—adj.

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Tertia Strongyle, a Lipara millia passuum ad exortum solis vergens, in qua regnavit �olus, qu� � Lipara liquidiore flamma tantum differt: e cujus fumo equinam flaturi sint venti, in triduum pr�dicere incol� traduntur; unde ventos �olo paruisse existimatum.

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