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Tridentine [trahy-den-tin, -tahyn, -teen] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or relating to the city of Trent.
- of or relating to the Council of Trent.
- conforming to the decrees and doctrines of the Council of Trent.
Origin of Tridentine 1555–65; Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, adj. use of Latin Tridentīnus area of the Rhaetian Alps around Tridentum; see -ine1 Related formspost-Tri·den·tine, adjectivepre-Tri·den·tine, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for tridentine Historical Examples of tridentine
Why,” rejoined the Dean, “that looks more like Tridentine theology.
John Stoughton
Such was the prodigy hatched during the seventeen years of Tridentine incubation.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849
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And now in like manner the Tridentine Creed is met by no rival developments; there is no antagonist system.
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
John Henry Cardinal Newman
This commenced early, as is shown in some curiously contradictory utterances, in 1568, respecting the Tridentine Index.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3
Henry Charles Lea
Sixtus V. determined to put a stop to a license which rendered the Tridentine provisions almost nugatory.
Henry Hallam
British Dictionary definitions for tridentine Tridentine adjective
- history
- of or relating to the Council of Trent
- in accord with Tridentine doctrine
noun
- an orthodox Roman Catholic
Word Origin for Tridentine C16: from Medieval Latin Tridentīnus, from Tridentum Trent Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
