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church calendar
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | church calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivalsecclesiastical calendarGregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752Holy Week, Passion Week - the week before EasterAdvent - the season including the four Sundays preceding ChristmasShrovetide - immediately preceding LentLent, Lententide - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy SaturdayWhitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek - Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days) |
church calendar
Synonyms for church calendarnoun a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivalsSynonymsRelated Words- Gregorian calendar
- New Style calendar
- Holy Week
- Passion Week
- Advent
- Shrovetide
- Lent
- Lententide
- Whitsun
- Whitsuntide
- Whitweek
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