English

Noun

triduum ‎(plural triduums or tridua)

1. A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).

Related terms

• Easter Triduum / Paschal Triduum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Latin trēs + diēs ‎(“day”).

Noun

trīduum n ‎(genitive trīduī); second declension

1. the space of three days, three days

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• triduum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triduum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triduum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.