SOLEMNITY OF MARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solemnity of Mary mean? 

• SOLEMNITY OF MARY (noun)
  The noun SOLEMNITY OF MARY has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation

  Familiarity information: SOLEMNITY OF MARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLEMNITY OF MARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

January 1; Solemnity of Mary

Hypernyms ("Solemnity of Mary" is a kind of...):

holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Holonyms ("Solemnity of Mary" is a part of...):

Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)