Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Trental

Trental , noun

[Late Latin trentale, from Latin triginta thirty; akin to tres three: compare Old French trentel. See Three, and compare Trigintal.]

1.
(Roman Catholic Church) An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.
Their trentals and their shrifts. — Spenser
2.
Hence, a dirge; an elegy.