Tridentine, a. and n.
(ˈtrɪdəntaɪn, traɪˈdɛntaɪn)
[ad. med.L. Tridentīn-us, f. Tridentum the city of Trent.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Trent in Tyrol, or to the Council of the Roman Catholic Church held there (1545–63).
| 1561 Barlow in H. N. Birt Eliz. Relig. Settlement x. (1908) 424 Thomas Stapleton and Edward Goddeshalfe..as it is bruited were the last summer at Tridentine Council. a 1711 Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 134 The Faith Nicene he spake exact, But when to that the Tridentine he tack'd, This a new Gospel is. 1849 Sir J. Stephen Eccl. Biogr. (1850) I. 475 The most promising quarrel which had arisen in the Church since the close of the Tridentine Council. 1901 Bp. Gore Body of Christ iv. §4 (1907) 257 When they [Protestants] rejected the Tridentine doctrine of the Melchizedekian priesthood. |
B. n. One who accepts and conforms to the decrees of the Council of Trent; an orthodox Roman Catholic.
| a 1836 R. H. Froude Rem. (1838) I. 434 [In answer to the statement that] the Romanists were Schismatics in England, but Catholics abroad, [Froude replied] No, they are wretched Tridentines every where. a 1882 Dublin Rev. (Ogilvie), Anglicans have styled Catholics of the present day Tridentines. |
So ˈTridentize v. intr. rare, to conform to the Tridentine decrees.
| 1826 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 110 [It] is evident to common sense, and will readily be admitted by the tridentising Romanist. |