Twelfth-dayn.

Forms: see twelfth adj. and n. and day n.

The twelfth day after Christmas; the sixth of January, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated; formerly observed as the closing day of the Christmas festivities. (Cf. the twelve days n. at twelve adj. and n. Compounds 1b.)

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Twelfth-dayc1000

Epiphanya1350

twelfth1472

Uphaliday1478

Uphalimass1532

tiffanya1634

apparition1652

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xix. 318 Æt Pentecosten & þy twelftan dege ofer Geochol.]

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 1 (rubric) Ðys sceal on twelftan dæg.

a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1065 (MS. C.) Eadward..forðferde on twelftan æfen, & hyne man bebyrigde on twelftan dæig.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11047 Iesu crist wass fullhtnedd. Rihht o þatt daȝȝ..Þatt twellfte daȝȝ iss nemmnedd.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 117 Ye sonunday next after ye twelft day.

1455 E. Clere in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 108 On þe morow after Tweltheday.

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 75^v The feastful day of the Epiphanye, commonly called Twelfday.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xix. 133 b They do not celebrate the natiuitie of..Christ, but on the twelfth day, vse great feasts and solemnitie.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Armenians blesse the Water on Twelf-day.

1689–90 A. Wood Life Jan. (1894) III. 320 A great flood about Oxon before 12^th day.

1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xvii The Twelfth-Day it self is one of the greatest of the Twelve.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 61/1 January 6. This day, called Twelfth-Day..and Epiphany..is a festival of the Church.

attributive.1913 19th Cent. Aug. 320 He had promised the children a twelfth-day cake.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	twelfth-day
释义	Twelfth-dayn. Forms: see twelfth adj. and n. and day n. The twelfth day after Christmas; the sixth of January, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated; formerly observed as the closing day of the Christmas festivities. (Cf. the twelve days n. at twelve adj. and n. Compounds 1b.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Epiphany (6 January) > [noun] Twelfth-dayc1000 Epiphanya1350 twelfth1472 Uphaliday1478 Uphalimass1532 tiffanya1634 apparition1652 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xix. 318 Æt Pentecosten & þy twelftan dege ofer Geochol.] c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 1 (rubric) Ðys sceal on twelftan dæg. a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1065 (MS. C.) Eadward..forðferde on twelftan æfen, & hyne man bebyrigde on twelftan dæig. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11047 Iesu crist wass fullhtnedd. Rihht o þatt daȝȝ..Þatt twellfte daȝȝ iss nemmnedd. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 117 Ye sonunday next after ye twelft day. 1455 E. Clere in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 108 On þe morow after Tweltheday. 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 75^v The feastful day of the Epiphanye, commonly called Twelfday. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xix. 133 b They do not celebrate the natiuitie of..Christ, but on the twelfth day, vse great feasts and solemnitie. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Armenians blesse the Water on Twelf-day. 1689–90 A. Wood Life Jan. (1894) III. 320 A great flood about Oxon before 12^th day. 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xvii The Twelfth-Day it self is one of the greatest of the Twelve. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 61/1 January 6. This day, called Twelfth-Day..and Epiphany..is a festival of the Church. attributive.1913 19th Cent. Aug. 320 He had promised the children a twelfth-day cake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c1000
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