trental means A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
trental is pronounced /ˈtɹɛntəl/.
Why “trental” is a great word
TRENTAL — [Noun] A set of thirty requiem masses, said either once daily for a month or all in one day, or, by extension, any set of thirty things. From Medieval Latin trentāle, from Vulgar Latin *trenta (for Latin trīgintā, "thirty") + Latin -ālis ("-al: forming adjectives"). First attested in Middle English (c. 1300–50). Unlike "requiem," which is a single mass for the dead, or "triacontad," a purely numerical grouping, a trental is a ritual calendar, a quantified weight of prayer. It is the cool, smooth bead of the thirtieth rosary turned in a quiet chapel; the specific, papery scent of the last page of a memorial ledger closed after a month; the collective warmth of thirty small flames guttering before an altar—a measured architecture of grief, built one day at a time against the final, formless dark.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).
noun
- A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.“Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules.”
- The payment for this service.
- Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
- Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
- Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.