Triverbial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triverbial \Tri*ver"bi*al\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word.]
     (Rom. Antiq.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the
     pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three
     characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They
     were called dies fasti.


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