Tridentine

[ trahy-den-tin, -tahyn, -teen ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the city of Trent.
2. of or relating to the Council of Trent.
3. conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.

Tridentine

/ traɪˈdɛntaɪn /

adjective

1. history
   1. of or relating to the Council of Trent
   2. in accord with Tridentine doctrine

noun

1. an orthodox Roman Catholic

Other Words From

• post-Tri·dentine adjective
• pre-Tri·dentine adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tridentine¹

1555–65; < Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, adj. use of Latin Tridentīnus area of the Rhaetian Alps around Tridentum; -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tridentine¹

C16: from Medieval Latin Tridentīnus , from Tridentum Trent

Example Sentences

In 1999, after making waves by defying the church, she provoked criticism and ridicule — from some progressives, as well as social and religious conservatives — when she had herself ordained as a priest by an “independent bishop” linked to a branch of the Latin Tridentine Church, a small breakaway sect of Catholicism.

From New York Times

In 1999, O'Connor was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.

From BBC

In one of the stranger turns of her life she was ordained a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church, an independent Catholic church, not in communion with Rome.

From BBC

In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church — a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.

From Seattle Times

While the decision directly affected only a fraction of Catholic Mass-goers, his crackdown on the Tridentine Rite became the call to arms for the anti-Francis conservative opposition.

From Seattle Times