ternan.
/ˈtəːnə/ Roman Catholic Church. A list of three names submitted to the Pope or other authority to choose from.
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1885 W. J. Walsh Let. 7 Mar. in P. J. Walsh William J. Walsh (1928) vii. 163 Then I would, as a matter of course, vote for your Grace, which would put you on the terna.
1895 Tablet 28 Dec. 1030 A terna has been received at Propaganda for the appointment of a Coadjutor to the Bishop of Southwark.
1903 Daily Chron. 20 July 5/3 While Abbot —— is prominent on the terna, I am assured that the Bishop of ——'s name..does not appear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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