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Hilary-tide

Hilary-tide proper noun: the season around the feast day of Saint Hilary (January 13th); the season following Christmastide.

Proper noun

Hilary-tide

  1. (archaic) The season around the feast day of Saint Hilary (January 13th); the season following Christmastide.
    • In 1273 we find a more important illustration of the growth of the custom: at Hilary-tide a great convocation of tho whole realm was held to take the oath of fealty to Edward I, and to maintain the peace of the realm1911, Stubbs, William, The Constitutional history of England: its origin and development, page 234
    • Its duration was fixed for a year from the ensuing Christmas or Hilary-tide1924, Norgate, Kate, Richard The Lion Heart, page 316

Origin of Hilary-tide

Hilary + -tide.

Questions about Hilary-tide

What does Hilary-tide mean?
Hilary-tide means the season around the feast day of Saint Hilary (January 13th); the season following Christmastide.
What part of speech is Hilary-tide?
Hilary-tide is a proper noun.

Words near Hilary-tide in the dictionary

  1. hilarotragedy
  2. hilars
  3. Hilary
  4. Hilary term
  5. Hilary terms
  6. Hilary-tide
  7. hilarytide
  8. hilbeh
  9. Hilbert
  10. Hilbert cube
  11. Hilbert cubes

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