Trent

(trent,) a river of England, having its source in the W. of the co. Stafford, and joining the Ouse at the æstu ary of the Humber, after a course, generally E. and N.E., of 180 m. Trent, a city of the Tyrol, in the Austrian empire, on the Adige, 13 m. N.N.E. of Roveredo. This place derives historical interest from the celebrated Council of the Church held here from 1545 to 1563, under the pontificates of Julius III. and Pius IV., and the decrees which, along with the creed of Pius IV., constitute a complete epitome of Roman Catholic doctrine. Pop. 14,847. [s. 905]