The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
1The middle between them both is 50 degrees and a terce in latitude.
2The day begins with the first terce, dawn, also called the hour of tenderness.
3It is true I understand cart and terce, parry and thrust, but I have heard that Prettyman studied under Olivier.
4The earlier ruckus had faded, and from the depth of the silence she guessed it must be the final terce.
5Nor when at Prime and Terce and Sext and None they chanted:
6They have the same structure in Terce, Sext, None, but differ in character.
7Time is marked in eight three-hour increments known as terces.
8The days were measured in units of prayer: Matins, Lauds, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline.
9The Terce-Guard, with the Point lower than the Hilt.
10Between breakfast and Terce John carried out this intention.
11I accuse Dom Bernard Parr of not keeping the guard of the eyes at Terce this morning.
12Terce and Sext may be said before mid-day, or Sext and None may be said after mid-day.
13Percy finished Terce, closed his book and lay back; his servant would be here in a minute now.
14If the ordination is finished before nine o'clock, the sub-deacon is bound to begin his recitation with Terce.
16(2) Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline of certain feasts.