tierce

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A third.
2. noun Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
3. noun A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead.
4. noun The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
5. noun A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
6. noun The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
7. noun An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
8. noun One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)

Similar words

three trinity trio triad ternary ternion threesome trine one-third third

Often followed by

and of de puissance partie personne or to in

Word family

terce tierces