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Trental [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Trental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An office for the dead in the Romish service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party's death.

Trental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.

2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy.