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Ember days

Ember days is the plural of Ember day.

Meaning of Ember day

Noun

Ember day (plural Ember days)

  1. Any of the three days within the same week, four separate sets of which occur roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that are set aside for fasting and prayer. In Western Christianity they are usually the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (14 September), and Saint Lucy's Day (13 December).
    • Days of Faſting or Abſtinence. [...] The Ember-days at the four Seaſons, being the Wedneſday, Friday, and Saturday after #92;#123; the First Sunday in Lent. / The Feaſt of Pentecoſt. / September 14. / December 13.1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Tables & Rules for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the Whole Year”, in The Book of...
    Synonyms:
    Embering

Questions about Ember days

What is Ember days the plural of?
Ember days is the plural of Ember day.

Words near Ember days in the dictionary

  1. embellisht
  2. ember
  3. ember attack
  4. ember attacks
  5. Ember day
  6. Ember days
  7. ember months
  8. Ember week
  9. Ember weeks
  10. ember-geese
  11. ember-goose

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