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| tierce [ teerss ] (plural tierces) |
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1. christianity
Same as terce
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2. card games three cards of same suit: a sequence of three cards of the same suit
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3. fencing parrying position: the third of eight positions from which a fencing parry can be made
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4. measurements former measure of capacity: a former measure of capacity equal to (42 wine gallons)
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| [15th century. Via French< Latin tertia, form of tertius "third"] |
