Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days
Candlemas in American English
(ˈkændəlməs)
noun
a church feast, Feb. 2, commemorating the purification of the Virgin Mary: candles for sacred uses are blessed on this day
: also Candlemas Day
Word origin
ME candelmasse < OE candelmæsse: see candle & Mass1