trental

[ tren-tl ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

1. a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trental¹

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin trentāle, equivalent to Vulgar Latin *trent ( a ) (for Latin trīgintā thirty) + Latin -āle -al ². Cf. Old French trentel

Example Sentences

Technically, it is part of a class of drugs known as methylated xanthines, which includes theophylline, a bronchodilator, and Trental, a drug used to treat muscle pain resulting from peripheral artery disease.

From Salon

Trental, tren′tal, n. a service of thirty masses for thirty days, one each day, for a deceased person.

From Project Gutenberg

From this fact of St. Gregory, a trental of masses for a soul departed are usually called the Gregorian masses, on which see Gavant and others.

From Project Gutenberg

He seems to have had a special kindness for the Order of Friars; he left the Grey Friars of Colchester and the Friars of Maldon, Chelmsford, and Sudbury each ten shillings for a trental and 3s. 4d. to repair their houses; and to the Friars of Clare he left twenty shillings for two trentals, 'and at Lent after my deceste a kade of Red heryng'.

From Project Gutenberg

The Funeral Rites of the Rose THE Rose was sick and smiling died; And, being to be sanctified, About the bed there sighing stood The sweet and flowery sisterhood: Some hung the head, while some did bring, To wash her, water from the spring; Some laid her forth, while others wept, But all a solemn fast there kept: The holy sisters, some among, The sacred dirge and trental sung.

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