# terce

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɜːs/

## Definitions
1. The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
2. The service appointed for this hour.
3. A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.

## Etymology
Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/terce