Ash wednesday Definition & Meaning

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Ash wednesday

Ash wednesday Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ash wednesday? [n] the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ash wednesday: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ash wednesday: Advent \| Allhallowmas \| Allhallows \| Allhallowtide \| Annunciation \| Annunciation Day \| Ascension Day \| Candlemas \| Candlemas Day \| Carnival \| Christmas \| Corpus Christi \| Easter \| Easter Monday \| Easter Saturday \| Easter Sunday \| Eastertide \| Ember days \| Epiphany \| Good Friday \| Halloween \| Hallowmas \| Holy Thursday \| Holy Week \| Lady Day \| Lammas \| Lammas Day \| Lammastide \| Lent \| Lententide \| Mardi Gras \| Martinmas \| Maundy Thursday \| Michaelmas \| Michaelmas Day \| Michaelmastide \| Palm Sunday \| Pancake Day \| Passion Week \| Pentecost \| Quadragesima \| Quadragesima Sunday \| Septuagesima \| Shrove Tuesday \| Trinity Sunday \| Twelfth-day \| Twelfth-tide \| White Sunday \| Whitmonday \| Whitsun \| Whitsunday \| Whitsuntide \| Whit-Tuesday \| Whitweek See Also \| Christian holy day \| Lent \| Lententide Ash wednesday In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Ash wednesday Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ash wednesday?

[n] 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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See Also | Christian holy day | Lent | Lententide

Ash wednesday In Webster's Dictionary

\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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