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Auto-da-fe
noun · 78% connection
An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
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: second, week, following, sunday.
Dies non
unknown · 78% connection
A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Dominical
adjective · 78% connection
Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Dyne
noun · 78% connection
The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Easter
noun · 78% connection
An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It correspon…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Following
adjective · 78% connection
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Friday
noun · 78% connection
The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Jubilate
noun · 78% connection
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
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: second, week, following, sunday.
Meeting
noun · 78% connection
An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping ass…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Mothering
noun · 78% connection
A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
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: second, week, following, sunday.
On
preposition · 78% connection
At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Palm Sunday
unknown · 78% connection
The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Passion
noun · 78% connection
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Poundal
noun · 78% connection
A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
Pursuit
verb · 78% connection
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: second, week, following, sunday.
