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单词 to make one's easter duty
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to make (also perform) one's Easter duty (or duties)
2. The obligation in the Roman Catholic Church of receiving the Holy Eucharist during the season of Easter; the act of fulfilling this obligation. Also in plural. Frequently in to make (also perform) one's Easter duty (or duties). Cf. Easter n.1 1b.
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1723 S. L. Lloyd tr. F. A. Pouget Gen. Instr. Hist. & Tenets Relig. II. v. 256 What Punishments hath the Church decreed against those who have not perform'd their Easter Duty?
1777 tr. J. B. Du Barry Genuine Mem. II. 344 Efforts were made to persuade the King to perform his Easter duty, as to religion.
1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. III. 136 Come in next Saturday to your Easter-duty, and show your bad face at mass next Sunday.
1897 A. L. A. Klauder Catholic Pract. at Church & Home 137 This annual confession is not the Easter duty, although the time usually fixed for it begins at Easter.
1922 C. Mackenzie Altar Steps xxix. 345 The Reverend Father would return on Easter Tuesday, and their Easter duties would be accomplished within the Octave.
1961 J. Dingle tr. A. Dansette Relig. Hist. Mod. France II. 407 That did not prevent the King from..making his Easter duties.
1980 Church Times 22 Feb. 12 Only about a quarter of the Irish in Cardiff made their Easter duty.
2003 J. L. Coffey Léon Harmel 69 Many men neglected their Easter duty.
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