Middle English Dictionary Entry
trent n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trent n. |
| Etymology | Prob. from OF trente; but also cp. ME trentā̆l n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phrase: ~ of messe(s, a set or course of thirty masses sung for the dead, a trental.
Associated quotations
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)49/76 : Whan a brother or a suster is deed, the wardeyns schul warne þe frere menours that they come to þe place þer he schal be beried & seye þer a dirige, & on þe morwe to seie a trent of masses atte same Freres.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.9 : Were thritte trentes [Thrn: trentales] of masse done Be-twyx vndur and none, My saule were socurt ful sone.