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holy tide, holy-tide
A holy time or season; a day or season of religious observance.
a1035Laws of Cnut i. c. 17 §2 (Schmid) And beo þam halᵹum tidum, eal swa hit riht is. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 3 Ðe holie tid þat me clepeð aduent. a1300Cursor M. 27210 In halitide or fastim dai. 1613R. Corbet Journ. France iii. Poems (1672) 129 Much like John Dory in the song, Upon a holy tide. 1810Scott Lady of L. vi. iii, And now, by holytide and feast, From rules of discipline released.
attrib.1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, Now lay by thy work, lass, for it is holytide eve, and it becomes us to go to the evening service. |