Assertion: terce | /r/HasProperty | 3rd
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text: The medieval Church divided a 24-hour day into eight liturgical Hours or Offices, each marked by prayer: Vigils (or Nocturns, now called Matins), Matins (now called Lauds), Prime (1st), Terce (3rd), Sext (6th), None (9th), Vespers, and Compline.
text: terce, tierce, a third, Lat.
text: With even spacing, Prime (1st) would begin at sunrise and extend to midmorning; Terce (3rd) would begin at midmorning and extend to midday; Sext (6th) would begin at midday and extend to mid-afternoon; None would begin at mid-afternoon and extend to sunset; Vespers would begin at sunset and extend to mid-evening; Compline would begin at mid-evening and extend to midnight; Vigils would begin at midnight and extend half-way to sunrise; and Matins would begin half-way to sunrise and extend to sunrise.