| 单词 | lady fast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLady fast Lady fast n. rare (now historical) a fast undertaken in honour of the Virgin Mary; = Our Lady fast n. at Our Lady n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ a1540 R. Barnes Charge in Newcastle Tracts (1850) VI. 16 That no..superfluous faste be vsed as those called the Lady fast saint trinyons fast, the black faste. 1882 Antiquary 5 216 It [sc. the sexton's wheel] was for the purpose of ascertaining from which of the six days devoted to Lady Fasts a devotee should begin his fast. 1992 E. Duffy Stripping of Altars i. 41 A custom like the Lady fast, in which the devotee noted which day of the week Lady Day in Lent..fell on, and observed that day throughout the year as a fast in honour of the Virgin. < as lemmas |
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