||Ten"e*bræ (?), n. [L., pl.,
darkness.] (R. C. Ch.) The matins and lauds for the last three
days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, --
usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, instead of on the following days.
||Ten"e*bræ (?), n. [L., pl.,
darkness.] (R. C. Ch.) The matins and lauds for the last three
days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, --
usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, instead of on the following days.