English > Christian holy day: 1 sense > noun 1, time| Meaning | A religious holiday for Christians. |
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| Narrower | Advent Sunday | The first of the four Sundays during Advent |
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| All Souls' Day, November 2 | A day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory |
| Ash Wednesday | The 7th Wednesday before Easter |
| Corpus Christi | Thursday after Trinity Sunday |
| Easter Sunday, Easter Day | The day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated |
| Ember Day | A day set aside for fasting and prayer |
| Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, Twelfth day, Three Kings' Day, January 6 | Twelve days after Christmas |
| Good Friday | Friday before Easter |
| Holy Innocents' Day, Innocents' Day | December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem |
| Holy Saturday | The Saturday before Easter |
| Low Sunday | The Sunday following Easter |
| Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, pancake day | The last day before Lent |
| Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday | The Thursday before Easter |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday before Easter |
| Passion Sunday | Second Sunday before Easter |
| Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday | The first Sunday in Lent |
| Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday | The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) |
| Rogation Day | One of the three days before Ascension Day |
| Saint Agnes's Eve, January 20 | A Christian holy day |
| Saint Joseph, St Joseph, March 19 | A Christian holy day |
| Saints Peter and Paul, June 29 | First celebrated in the 3rd century |
| Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday | The 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) |
| Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day, August 6 | (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus |
| Trinity Sunday | Eighth Sunday after Easter |
| Twelfth night | eve of Twelfth day |
| holy day of obligation | A day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion |
| quarter day | A Christian holy day |
| Broader | religious holiday, holy day | A day specified for religious observance |
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| Spanish | festividad cristiana, festividad cristiana |
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| Catalan | festivitat cristiana |
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