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utas

utas noun: the octave, or seventh day after a festival (i.e., the eighth day counting inclusively, in the ancient Roman way). Also the plural of uta.

Noun

utas (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The octave, or seventh day after a festival (i.e., the eighth day counting inclusively, in the ancient Roman way).
    • NOw leue we of Lucius the emperour and speke we of kynge Arthur / that commaunded alle them of his retenue to be redy atte vtas of hyllary for to holde a parlement at yorke / And at that parlement was concluded to areste alle the nauye of the lond and to be redy within xv dayes at sandwyche1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V

Also used as

utas is also the plural of uta.

Forms of utas

alternative formutis

Origin of utas

Reduced form of plural utaves. Compare octave.

Questions about utas

What does utas mean?
Utas means the octave, or seventh day after a festival (i.e., the eighth day counting inclusively, in the ancient Roman way).
What part of speech is utas?
Utas is a noun.

Words near utas in the dictionary

  1. Utahs
  2. utai
  3. utaka
  4. utamaroho
  5. utamawazo
  6. utas
  7. utasi
  8. UTAUloid
  9. UTAUloids
  10. UTAUT
  11. utazi

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