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ash wednesday
(encz) | Ash Wednesday,Popeleční středa [náb.] Petr Prášek |
Ash Wednesday
(gcide) | Wednesday \Wednes"day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei,
AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L.
dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic
peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to
OS. W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, D. woensdag
Wednesday, Icel. [=o][eth]insdagr, Dan. & Sw. onsdag. See
Day, and cf. Woden, Wood, a.]
The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
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Ash Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary.
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Ash Wednesday
(gcide) | Ash Wednesday \Ash` Wednes"day\ ([a^]sh` w[e^]nz"d[asl]).
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the
Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the
foreheads of penitents.
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ash wednesday
(wn) | Ash Wednesday
n 1: the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the
day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting
and repentance |
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Ash Wednesday
(gcide) | Wednesday \Wednes"day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei,
AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L.
dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic
peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to
OS. W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, D. woensdag
Wednesday, Icel. [=o][eth]insdagr, Dan. & Sw. onsdag. See
Day, and cf. Woden, Wood, a.]
The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
[1913 Webster]
Ash Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]Ash Wednesday \Ash` Wednes"day\ ([a^]sh` w[e^]nz"d[asl]).
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the
Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the
foreheads of penitents.
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