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fast day
a day designated for fasting
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Christian holy day
a religious holiday for Christians
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Jewish holy day
a religious holiday for Jews
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Dormition, Feast of Dormition
celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
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quarter day
a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
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major fast day
one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
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minor fast day
one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar
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Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
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Rosh Chodesh, Rosh Hodesh
(Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy
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High Holiday, High Holy Day
Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
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holy day of obligation
a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
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January 20, Saint Agnes's Eve
a Christian holy day
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Easter Day, Easter Sunday
the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
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Palm Sunday
Sunday before Easter
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Passion Sunday
second Sunday before Easter
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Good Friday
Friday before Easter
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Low Sunday
the Sunday following Easter
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Holy Saturday
the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
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Holy Innocents' Day, Innocents' Day
December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
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Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday
the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)
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Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday
the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
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Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday
the first Sunday in Lent
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Trinity Sunday
eighth Sunday after Easter
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Rogation Day
one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
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Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday
the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
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Corpus Christi
Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
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June 29, Saints Peter and Paul
first celebrated in the 3rd century
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Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day
twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
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March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph
a Christian holy day
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Twelfth night
eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
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All Souls' Day, November 2
a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
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Ash Wednesday
the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
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Ember Day
a day set aside for fasting and prayer
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Purim
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
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Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
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Rejoicing in the Law, Rejoicing of the Law, Rejoicing over the Law, Shimchath Torah, Simchas Torah, Simchat Torah, Simhat Torah, Simhath Torah
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
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Fast of Ab, Fast of Av, Ninth of Ab, Ninth of Av, Tisha b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tishah b'Av
(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
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Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
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Lag b'Omer
(Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
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Advent Sunday
the first of the four Sundays during Advent
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Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, pancake day
the last day before Lent
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August 6, Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day
(Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus