Candlemas
noun
Can·dle·mas ˈkan-dᵊl-məs 
: February 2 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary
Word History
Etymology
Middle English candelmasse, from Old English candelmæsse, from candel + mæsse mass, feast; from the candles blessed and carried in celebration of the feast
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
- conspicuous by their absence
- conspicuous consumption
- conspicuously
- conspicuously absent
- conspicuousness
- conspicuousnesses
- conspiracies
- conspiracist
- conspiracists
- conspiracy
- conspiracy of silence
- conspiracy theories
- conspiracy theorist
- conspiracy theorists
- conspiracy theory
- conspirant
- conspiration
- conspirational
- conspirations
- conspirative
- conspirator
- conspiratorial
- conspiratorially
- conspirators
- conspiratresses