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ST JOHN'S NIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does St John's Night mean?
• ST JOHN'S NIGHT (noun)
The noun ST JOHN'S NIGHT has 1 sense:
1. the night before Midsummer Day
Familiarity information: ST JOHN'S NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The night before Midsummer Day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
June 23; Midsummer Eve; Midsummer Night; St John's Eve; St John's Night
Hypernyms ("St John's Night" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
Holonyms ("St John's Night" is a part of...):
June (the month following May and preceding July)
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