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Tridentine

American  
[trahy-den-tin, -tahyn, -teen] / traɪˈdɛn tɪn, -taɪn, -tin /

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 British  
/ traɪˈdɛntaɪn /

adjective

  1. history

    1. of or relating to the Council of Trent

    2. in accord with Tridentine doctrine

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noun

  1. an orthodox Roman Catholic

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Other Word Forms

  • post-Tridentine adjective
  • pre-Tridentine adjective

Etymology

Origin of Tridentine

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

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