(obsolete) A third. / (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.

plural of tierce

(heraldry) divided into three (either vertically or horizontally)

A surname from French.

plural of Tierce

(music) a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage, a device mostly used in Baroque, although occasionally in Classical music, and then adopted much later on in neoclassicism.

plural of tierce de Picardie

(falconry) A male hawk or falcon.

plural of tiercel

plural of tierceron