Act Sunday
Oxford Univ. (now historical )
noun
The Sunday during the Act on which two of the new Doctors of Divinity preached; the last Sunday of Act Term.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in George Abbot (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury.
- begetter
- beggar
- beggar belief (or description)
- beggarliness
- beggarly
- beggarman
- beggar-my-neighbour
- beggars can't be choosers
- beggar's purse
- beggarticks
- beggarwoman
- beggary
- begging bowl
- begging letter
- begin
- Begin, Menachem
- beginner
- beginner's luck
- beginning
- begird
- begob
- beg off
- begone
- be gone on
- beg one's bread