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Ash Wednesday   /æʃ wˈɛnzdi/   Listen
Ash Wednesday

noun
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... idle half of the year, was the season of social visits; and in these courtesies the habitants were assiduous. Between Christmas and Ash Wednesday they strove, it would seem, to fill themselves with gaiety against the coming grey season of Lent. An unbidden throng of visitors would drive to a selected house, and sheer bankruptcy would indeed have been the housewife's portion ...
— Old Quebec - The Fortress of New France • Sir Gilbert Parker and Claude Glennon Bryan
... continued Matthew to little Reuben Thwaite, by his side, as the procession started afresh,—"I reckon yon auld Nick," with a lurch of his thumb over his shoulder, "likes Ash Wednesday better ner this Wednesday—better ner ony Wednesday—for that's the day he curses every yan all roond, and asks the folks ...
— The Shadow of a Crime - A Cumbrian Romance • Hall Caine


Words linked to "Ash Wednesday" :   Lent, Christian holy day, Lententide


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