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CANDLEMAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Candlemas mean?
• CANDLEMAS (noun)
The noun CANDLEMAS has 1 sense:
1. feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
Familiarity information: CANDLEMAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Candlemas; Candlemas Day; Feb 2
Hypernyms ("Candlemas" is a kind of...):
quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
Holonyms ("Candlemas" is a part of...):
Feb; February (the month following January and preceding March)
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