secular tertiaries

plural noun Ecclesiastical.

See under tertiary(def 5).

Words nearby secular tertiaries

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Definition for secular tertiaries (2 of 2)

tertiary
[ tur-shee-er-ee, tur-shuh-ree ]
/ ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, ˈtɜr ʃə ri /

adjective

noun, plural ter·ti·ar·ies.

Origin of tertiary

1540–50; < Latin tertiārius of third part or rank, equivalent to terti(us) third + -ārius -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM tertiary

post-Ter·ti·ar·y, adjective pre-Ter·ti·ar·y, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for secular tertiaries (1 of 2)

Tertiary
/ (ˈtɜːʃərɪ) /

adjective

of, denoting, or formed in the first period of the Cenozoic era, which lasted for 63 million years, during which mammals became dominant

noun

the Tertiary the Tertiary period or rock system, divided into Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs or series

British Dictionary definitions for secular tertiaries (2 of 2)

tertiary
/ (ˈtɜːʃərɪ) /

adjective

noun plural -tiaries

Also called: tertial ornithol rare any of the tertiary feathers
RC Church a member of a Third Order

Word Origin for tertiary

C16: from Latin tertiārius containing one third, from tertius third

Medical definitions for secular tertiaries

tertiary
[ tûr′shē-ĕr′ē ]

adj.

Third in place, order, degree, or rank.
Of or relating to salts of acids containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.
Of or relating to organic compounds in which a group is bound to three nonelementary radicals.

Scientific definitions for secular tertiaries

tertiary
[ tûr′shē-ĕr′ē ]

Noun

Tertiary. The first period of the Cenozoic Era, from about 65 to 2 million years ago. During this time the continents took on their present form, and the climate changed from being warmer and wetter, in the early part of the period, to being drier and cooler in the later part. Mammals replaced dinosaurs as the dominant form of terrestrial animal life, and many modern types of flowering plants, insects, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds appeared. The Tertiary is subdivided into the Paleogene and the Neogene, although these terms are not as widely used as are the names of the epochs that constitute them. See Chart at geologic time.

Adjective

  1. Relating to or having a carbon atom that is attached to three other carbon atoms in a molecule.
  2. Relating to an organic molecule, such as an alcohol, in which the functional group is attached to a tertiary carbon.
Relating to an advanced level of medical care, usually provided by subspecialists after the delivery of primary medical care. Compare primary secondary.