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tertiaries


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tertiary  \Ter"ti*a*ry\,  n.;  pl  {Tertiaries}. 
  1.  (R.  C.  Ch.)  A  member  of  the  Third  Order  in  any  monastic 
  system;  as  the  Franciscan  tertiaries;  the  Dominican 
  tertiaries;  the  Carmelite  tertiaries.  See  {Third  Order}, 
  under  {Third}.  --Addis  &  Arnold. 
 
  2.  (Geol.)  The  Tertiary  era,  period,  or  formation. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  One  of  the  quill  feathers  which  are  borne  upon 
  the  basal  joint  of  the  wing  of  a  bird.  See  Illust.  of 
  {Bird}. 




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