Crossword clues for trental
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trental
Trental \Tren"tal\, n. [LL. trentale, fr. L. triginta thirty; akin to tres three: cf. OF. trentel. See Three, and cf. Trigintal.]
(R. C. Ch.) An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial. ``Their trentals and their shrifts.''
--Spenser.Hence, a dirge; an elegy.
Wiktionary
trental
n. 1 A Roman Catholic office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial. 2 (context by extension English) A dirge or elegy.
Usage examples of "trental".
A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music!
A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music!