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Tridentine (iou)



Tridentine adjective & noun. M16.
[medieval Latin Tridentinus, from Tridentum Trent (see below): see -INE1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the city of Trent in the Tyrol, or the Council of the Roman Catholic Church held there (1545-63). M16.
Tridentine mass the eucharistic liturgy used by the Roman Catholic Church from 1570 to 1964.
b. noun. A person who accepts and conforms to the decrees of the Council of Trent; an orthodox or traditional Roman Catholic. M19.