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Candlemas

 

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Candlemas

 

Meaning of term candlemas

Candlemas (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.

 

Source: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/v003/wb1913_c.html

Author : OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

 

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