terço — meaning in English

English meaning

• chaplet noun A garland or circlet for the head.
• third adj Coming after the second and before the fourth in a sequence; ordinal form of three.

Senses

terço is used for these senses in English:

• chaplet (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
• prayer beads A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants, or devotions.
• third The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
• third One of three equal parts of a whole.

chaplet — full definition

1. noun A garland or circlet for the head.
2. noun A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
3. noun A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
4. noun A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.

third — full definition

1. adj Coming after the second and before the fourth in a sequence; ordinal form of three.
2. noun One of three equal parts of something.

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