单词 | gangtide |
释义 | Gangtiden. Now historical and rare. The period in which the Gang Days occur; the religious festival associated with this; = Rogationtide n. at rogation n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Ascension > [noun] > week following > 3 days preceding Ascension Gangtide1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804 At gangetyde, aux rouuaisons. 1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 76 One Week before Gang-tide yearly. 1830 Olio 5 304 In the north of England it was also called Gang-tide, from the ganging or going in procession at this season. 1896 Essex Rev. 5 151 This Ganging Day must have taken its name from the old Church festival of Gangtide during the Rogation Days, with its solemn processions about the parishes. 1936 Home & Country Feb. 99/1 A plot of land was left to provide ‘one small loaf, a piece of cheese and a pint of ale for every married person who walked the Parish boundaries at Rogation-tide,’ or ‘Gang-Tide’, as it was also called. CompoundsΚΠ 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 108 At Ewle we wonten..To haue gud spiced Sewe, and Roste..At Fasts-eue pan-puffes: Gang-tide gaites did alie Masses bring. 1874 Yorks. Mag. 15 Dec. 451/1 Gangtide Gates are Perambulations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530 |
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