| 单词 | fast mass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast mass fast mass n. rare (apparently) a name for Shrovetide (Shrovetide n.).Although typically presented as a traditional name, no contextual uses have been found. [Probably a later rationalization of Fastness, Fasnas, etc., variants of Fastens in Fastens Tuesday n., Fastern's Een n. (Forms α. (b)), etc.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Lent > [noun] > period following > first week of > Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of Shrovetidec1425 carnival1549 Shrove1579 fast mass1812 Fasching1911 1812 J. Brady Clavis calendaria I. 197 This season was formerly called Fasguntide or Fastingtide, and also Fastens and Fastmass, by all of which titles it is still denominated in different parts of the North, from its being a season of extreme fasting. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 698/1 The time of confession..commences from Shrovetide. These days were sometimes called Fasting-tide or Fast-mass. 1968 L. Wright Clockwork Man (1992) 49 Shrove Tuesday, otherwise Fastingtide or Fastmass, was also Confession Tuesday. < as lemmas |
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