Synonyms of the word

terce

• n. (historical) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
• n. (Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour.

tierce

• n. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of…
• n. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice,…
• n. (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
• n. (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called…
• n. (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword…
• n. (heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
• n. (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
• n. (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal…