holy-tiden.
A holy time or season; a day or season of religious observance.
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tidea900
holidayc950
massOE
holy-daya1000
mass-dayOE
high tideOE
holy-tidea1035
good tideOE
high dayOE
feastc1200
feast dayc1300
ferie1377
festival day1389
solemnity1390
solennityc1400
feastful day1440
festiala1450
festivala1500
sacre1542
panegyry1641
Magdalene-tide1649
church festival1661
surplice day1663
festa1800
festa day1835
fiesta1844
a1035 Laws of Cnut (Schmid) i. c. 17 §2 And beo þam halgum tidum, eal swa hit riht is.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 3 Ðe holie tid þat me clepeð aduent.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27210 In halitide or fastim dai.
a1635 R. Corbet Journey France iii, in Poems (1672) 129 Much like John Dory in the song, Upon a holy tide.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 246 And now, by holytide and feast, From rules of discipline released.
1878 Harper's Mag. Apr. 618/1 They have served through victory feasts and holy-tides.
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