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Stir-up Sunday

Stir-up Sunday proper noun: the last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.

Proper noun

Stir-up Sunday

  1. (informal, Anglicanism) The last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.

Origin of Stir-up Sunday

From the opening words of the collect for the 25th Sunday after Trinity in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and later (a translation of the Roman Missal's collect "Excita, quæsumus"): "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people..."

Questions about Stir-up Sunday

What does Stir-up Sunday mean?
Stir-up Sunday means the last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.
What part of speech is Stir-up Sunday?
Stir-up Sunday is a proper noun.

Words near Stir-up Sunday in the dictionary

  1. stir-fried ice creams
  2. stir-fries
  3. stir-fry
  4. stir-frying
  5. stir-frys
  6. Stir-up Sunday
  7. stirabout
  8. stirabouts
  9. stirato
  10. stirbar
  11. stirbars

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