Definitions from Wiktionary (Tierce)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A third.
▸ noun:  (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
▸ noun:  (now historical) A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead.
▸ noun:  (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
▸ noun:  (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
▸ noun:  (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
▸ noun:  (heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)
▸ noun:  A surname from French.

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