| 单词 | rock monday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRock Monday Rock Monday n. British (now historical) the first Monday after Epiphany, traditionally the day on which women resume their spinning and other tasks after the Christmas holidays, marked in certain parts of the country by various festivals and other customs; cf. Plough Monday n., Rock Day n., Rockfeast n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Epiphany (6 January) > [noun] > Monday following Rock Monday1589 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 108 Rock, & plow Mondaies gams sal gang, with Saint-feast & kirk-sights. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. xvi. ciii. 80 I'le duly keepe for thy delight Rock-Monday, and the Wake, Hawe Shrouings, Christmas-gambols, with the Hokie and Seed-cake. 1841 R. T. Hampson Medii Ævi Kal. I. 139 The Monday following Twelfth day, was..denominated Rock Monday. 2000 M. Davis in R. T. Lambdin & L. C. Lambdin Encycl. Medieval Lit. 191 Plough Monday, or Rock Monday,..seems to have originated in another festival celebrating the fertility of the soil. < as lemmas |
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