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Annunciation
noun · 78% connection
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Ash Wednesday
unknown · 78% connection
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Bottomry
noun · 78% connection
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Christmas
noun · 78% connection
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Cresselle
noun · 78% connection
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Durante
preposition · 78% connection
During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Epiphany
noun · 78% connection
A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Feria
noun · 78% connection
A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Ferial
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Jubilee
noun · 78% connection
A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Laetere Sunday
unknown · 78% connection
The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Laetare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Lenten
noun · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Long
adverb · 78% connection
At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Meal
noun · 78% connection
The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Michaelmas
noun · 78% connection
The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Muharram
noun · 78% connection
A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
Octave
noun · 78% connection
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: festival, celebrated, merriment, revelry, roman.
