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单词 ember day
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Ember day


noun

any of the days in the quarterly three-day period of prayer and fasting (the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after Sept. 14, and after Dec. 13) observed in the Roman Catholic Church and other Western churches.

Origin of Ember day

before 1050; Middle English ymber day,Old English ymbrendæg, plural -dagas, equivalent to ymbryne recurrence (ymb(e) around + ryne a running) + dægday

Words nearby Ember day

embedding, embelin, embellish, embellishment, ember, Ember day, Ember days, ember goose, emberizine, Ember week, embezzle
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Example sentences from the Web for Ember day

  • The following extracts from it refer to the Ember-day Fasts.

    St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music|E. G. P. Wyatt
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