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(Roman Catholicism) The Tuesday before Easter.
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(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
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The fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the start of Advent: 30 November (Saint Andrew's Day) or the nearest Sunday to it.
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(Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.
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(archaic) The saints, taken collectively.
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A religious ritual performed in Southern Bulgaria and Northern Greece involving trance and dancing on fire.
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(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
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April 25, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand that originally commemorated the sacrifices made by members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and now honours people from those countries who have served in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.
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(Christianity) a holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.
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The fortieth day of Easter, that is the Thursday 39 days after Easter.
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The Sunday after Ascension Day.
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(Christianity) The period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter).
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(Maronite and Eastern Christianity) Synonym of Clean Monday: the seventh Monday before Easter, traditionally used as the beginning of Lent in Eastern Christianity.
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(Christianity) The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
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An annual carnival celebrated on Shrove Monday by the Greek Orthodox community in Istanbul.
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(Christianity, UK, obsolete) Synonym of Palm Sunday
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(Christianity) Among Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches, the period of seven days starting from Easter, during which Christ's resurrection is celebrated.
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Synonym of Maslenitsa (Slavic festival)
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The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple.
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(uncommon, archaic) Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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(Catholicism, historical, rare) A 40-day fast or period of similar abstinence.
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(Britain, dated or dialectal) Synonym of Carling Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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(Britain, dated or dialectal) Synonym of Carl Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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(Britain, dated or dialectal) Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
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(Orthodoxy, attributive) In the Christian Orthodox churches, the day before the Lenten fast, traditionally the last day on which cheese and other animal products may be eaten until Pascha (Easter).
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The annual cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches, usually beginning from the Advent.
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The first Sunday after Christmas Day.
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(Christianity) The seventh Monday before Easter, (Eastern Christianity) traditionally regarded as the beginning of Lent
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The day before Shrove Tuesday.
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The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
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(Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
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(Christianity, sometimes capitalized) Sunday, especially Easter Sunday.
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7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany.
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(Roman Catholicism) The Sunday after Easter.
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(historical) Pertaining to the dominical letter, an ancient system for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.
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Any of the first seven letters of the alphabet, used in religious calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year and determine dates such as Easter Sunday.
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Obsolete spelling of douzeper [(historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.]
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Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”).
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Synonym of paschal candle
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The Monday after Easter Sunday; a bank holiday in Britain and a holiday in many other places.
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(Christianity) Easter Day, a Christian religious moveable holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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(law) The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
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The week after Holy Week, starting on Easter Sunday, containing Easter Monday, and going on through to Easter Saturday.
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the festivities and events associated with the Easter holiday; Easter celebration
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(poetic) The typical month of the Paschal cycle; Paschal month; the month in which Easter typically occurs; April.
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The season from Easter to Whitsun
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The time during which Easter takes place; the Easter season.
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(informal) reminiscent of Easter
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Obsolete form of Easter. [A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.]
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(Christianity) The Saturday before Ash Wednesday. At the University of Oxford, the pace eggs are provided for the students on that day.
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(Christianity) Any of the three days within the same week, four separate sets of which occur roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that are set aside for fasting and prayer. In Western Christianity they are usually the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (14 September), and Saint Lucy's Day (13 December).
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(Christianity) The week in which the Ember days occur.
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(historical) 24 May, the birthday of Queen Victoria, observed annually from 1902 as a celebration of the British Empire, then superseded by Commonwealth Day in 1958.
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The eight days of celebration for the dedication of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
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(paganism) A pagan festival celebrated either in March or April to welcome the Spring, also called Ostara or Easter.
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The season or time of the Christian church year, either from the Epiphany feast day to Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent), or from the Epiphany feast day to the feast of Candlemas (marking the presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple in Jerusalem).
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A Wiccan coven gathering other than one of the Sabbats. While a full moon ritual may be held during an esbat, esbats encompass coven business meetings, social occasions, and opportunities for merriment.
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(colloquial) Synonym of six ways to Sunday
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(Christianity) Sunday within the octave of Ascension
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(Christianity) The period between Ascension Day and Whitsunday, during which the apostles continued praying in expectation of Christ.
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One of the fasting periods in the liturgical year
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(Christianity) A Sunday set aside by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for fasting by its members, and on which a testimony meeting is held by local congregations.
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(obsolete) Shrove Tuesday.
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The Thursday before the start of Lent.
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(Christianity) The Tuesday before the onset of Lent.
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(Christianity) A celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition.
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(Christianity) A feast of the liturgical year celebrated by a number of Christian denominations.
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(Christianity) Synonym of Palm Sunday: the Sunday before Easter.
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(Christianity, Quakerism) Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
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The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
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Synonym of Regifugium (“ancient festival”)
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(historical) Any of the three days preceding Ascension Day or Holy Thursday.
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(Christianity, UK, obsolete) Rogation Week.
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(Christianity) The third Sunday in Advent
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(Christianity) The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.
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The Wednesday that precedes Easter Sunday.
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A particularly solemn celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church, occurring thrice a year: on the Eve of the Nativity, the Eve of Theophany, and Great Friday.
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(Christianity) In Eastern Christianity, the period of fasting before Pascha.
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Synonym of Clean Monday, in Cyprus, the seventh Monday before Easter, used as the beginning of Lent in Greek Orthodoxy.
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(Catholicism) A feast day on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass.
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(Christianity) the hour of fasting and prayer before communion is to be taken.
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The Saturday immediately after Good Friday and before Easter.
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(Christianity) Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter
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The Wednesday of Holy Week; the day before Maundy Thursday.
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The week preceding Easter containing Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), Holy Friday (Good Friday), and Holy Saturday.
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A Sunday set apart for the collection of money to benefit hospitals.
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(typically in Aboriginal use) Australia Day
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The day of the annual March for Jesus; the Saturday before Pentecost Sunday, when some Christians march in the United States.
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(Caribbean, Jamaica) The first day of Carnival, two days before Ash Wednesday.
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(Christianity) The third Sunday after Easter.
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(religion) The third Sunday after Easter.
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(Christianity) Passion Sunday
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(Roman Catholicism) Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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(Protestantism) The period or season of the Christian church year between the seasons of Pentecost and Advent, or the second half of this period.
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(Christianity) The occurrence of Pascha (Easter) and Lady Day (the Annunciation) on the same day.
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(Roman Catholicism) Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday of Lent.
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(Christianity) The religious festival of Lammas.
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(Eastern Christianity) The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
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(Christianity) Food that is fit to be consumed during Lent (in other words, food that does not contain meat).
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(Christianity) Synonym of Lent.
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Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
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(ecclesiastical) the Sunday following Easter
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(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
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The last day of a carnival, traditionally the celebration immediately before the start of Lent when joy would be out of place for Christians.
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An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
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Obsolete spelling of Maundy Thursday [The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.]
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The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper.
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(Christianity) Synonym of Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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Synonym of Mothering Sunday
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Alternative form of Mid-Lent Sunday [Synonym of Mothering Sunday]
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(Christianity, Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, informal) Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.
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(UK and Ireland, informal) Synonym of Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, a moveable feast three weeks before Easter, used as a day in honor of mothers in some Commonwealth countries.
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(UK) The fourth Sunday of Lent, three Sundays before Easter, now especially as a day to honor one's mother.
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(Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
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(Roman Catholicism) The third Sunday in Lent.
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(Christianity) A season of the Christian liturgical calendar, celebrated in two segments: from the Monday following the baptism of Jesus Christ up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the first Sunday of Advent.
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A pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.
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(informal) Saint Patrick's Day
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The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
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(chiefly Britain and Ireland) Shrove Tuesday; in some traditions the day for pancake races for charity.
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(Christianity, archaic) Good Friday
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(attributive) Pertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).
adj
Of or pertaining to Easter.
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(Christianity) A large symbolic white candle used at Easter.
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(historical) The lamb eaten at Passover.
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(historical) The ancient custom of releasing prisoners in Jerusalem at Passover, described in the Bible but otherwise unknown.
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(Christianity) In the Eastern Orthodox church, a traditional hymn sung at Easter (Pascha)
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The fifth Sunday in Lent, the second Sunday before Easter, the first day in Passiontide.
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(Christianity) The week beginning on Passion Sunday.
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The period in the Christian calendar from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
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The Christian festival (also known as Whitsun or Whitsunday), which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
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The Monday after Pentecost; Whit Monday.
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(Christianity) A liturgical book for the Paschal season, used by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite.
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(Christianity, rare) Jesus' miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, commemorated in the Feast of the Epiphany.
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(obsolete, US) Pentecost Monday
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The traditional start of the English agricultural year, generally the first Monday after Epiphany.
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The Sunday that immediately precedes Plough Monday.
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(Christianity) Synonym of Lent.
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(Christianity) The first Sunday in Lent, the sixth before Easter.
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(archaic) A member of the Hottentot people.
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(dated) Synonym of Mount of Temptation
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(dated) Synonym of Mount of Temptation.
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Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which began on Nisan 15.
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(Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter.
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In the Russian Orthodox Church, a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday or second Monday of Pascha (Easter).
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A day marked in red on calendars; a church feast day.
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(dated) Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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In Protestant churches, a commemoration of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, observed on the last Sunday in October.
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(dated) Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
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(now historical) A Sunday when a church's relics are especially venerated.
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(Roman Catholicism) The second Sunday in Lent.
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(Christianity) Any of the three days preceding the festival of Ascension, and during which the Litany was anciently recited in procession.
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(Christianity) The fifth Sunday after Easter, preceding Ascension Day.
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(Christianity) The week in which the Rogation Days occur.
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The Rogation days, days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity.
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(Christianity) Feast of the Cross
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(dated) Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
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(Christianity, Quakerism) Monday (the second day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
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(Christianity) A Sunday in the Christian calendar nine weeks before Easter Sunday.
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(Christianity) In the Christian calendar the Sunday two weeks before Lent, eight before Easter Sunday.
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In the Catholic liturgical year, the eighth Sunday (i.e. the sixtieth—minus one—day) before Easter (and the second before Lent).
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The Sunday preceding Lent.
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The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, when pancakes are traditionally eaten, originally to use up milk and eggs that would otherwise spoil because of not being eaten during Lent.
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The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
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Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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(Christianity, Quakerism) Friday (the sixth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
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The Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.
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(Christianity) All Souls' Day.
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(Ireland, Catholicism) Holy Wednesday
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The feast day of Andrew the Apostle, 30 November, or the period around it.
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(informal, Anglicanism) The last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.
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(informal, UK, Cambridge University) The Sunday immediately after the end of the summer term (known as Easter Term), at which point all students have finished exams but most of the results have not been published.
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Abbreviation of Sunday. [The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.]
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(nonce word) Every Sunday.
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To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
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(idiomatic) A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.
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(Britain, slang) The full form of one's first name, such as Stephen instead of Steve.
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(archaic) Synonym of Mothering Sunday: the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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One who is pious and well-behaved on Sunday (when attending church) but not so well-behaved at other times.
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Alternative spelling of Sunday best [(idiomatic) A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.]
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(informal) On or around Sunday.
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(Christianity) A religious service on Easter practiced by some Protestant churches, usually observed in an outdoor setting.
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(US, sports) The Sunday on which the Super Bowl takes place, usually the first Sunday in February.
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A day following a Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, on which a person related to the events is remembered. For example, the Synaxis of John the Baptist follows the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel follows the Annunciation, and the Synaxis of the Theotokos follows Christmas Day.
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(Christianity) A Christian religious service celebrated by the Western Church on the evening before or early morning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, involving the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited.
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(Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
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The Monday which directly follows Trinity Sunday, and starts Trinitytide (the liturgical tide that lasts till Advent).
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The Sunday after Whitsunday/Pentecost in the Western Christian tradition (or the Sunday of Pentecost in the Eastern Christian tradition), observed as a liturgical feast in honor of the Holy Trinity.
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(Christianity) Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, or the period around it.
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Religious devotions in connection with these stages.
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(Christianity) The Monday that immediately follows Pentecost; the second day of Whitsuntide.
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The day before Whit Sunday.
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Alternative form of Whitsunday [The Sunday of the feast of Pentecost, seven weeks after Easter]
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(Christianity) The Tuesday that immediately follows Whit Monday.
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An Easter Sunday on which there is a ground covering of snow or snowfall.
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(ecclesiastical) the Sunday following Easter
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Alternative spelling of Whit Monday [(Christianity) The Monday that immediately follows Pentecost; the second day of Whitsuntide.]
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The night of Whitsunday.
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The Sunday of the feast of Pentecost, seven weeks after Easter
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The week beginning on Whitsunday.
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The week that begins with Whitsunday.
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A member of Generation Y.
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