Definition of Candlemas Day

1. Noun. Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland.

Exact synonyms: Candlemas, Feb 2
Generic synonyms: Quarter Day
Group relationships: Feb, February

Lexicographical Neighbors of Candlemas Day

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Cancer the Crab
Cancerian
Cancerians
Cancers
Cancridae
Cancun
Candace
Candi
Candice
Candida
Candida albicans producing proteinase
Candide
Candlemas
Candlemas Day (current term)
Candlemases
Candomblé
Candy
Canella-alba
Canella winterana
Canellaceae
Canes Venatici
Canetti
Canfield
Cangjie
Canicula
Canidae
Canis
Canis Major

Literary usage of Candlemas Day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"We have other proverbs connected with Candlemas Day : “ On Candlemas Day, ... “ As far as the sun shines in on Candlemas Day, So far will the snow blow in ..."

2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; ... The hind had as lief see His wife on the bier As that Candlemas Day Should be ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1894)
"When the wind's in the east on Candlemas Day, There it will stick till the second of May. Sir Thomas Browne in his " Vulgar Errors " quotes the following ..."

4. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men by William Hone (1841)
"At every school in the South of Scotland, the boys and girls look forward with as great anxiety for Candlemas Day as the children of merry England for their ..."

5. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"... Candlemas Day. FEBRUARY 2. THE PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. Tnis is called in the north of England the Wives' Feast Day. ..."

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