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Definition of Feria

1. Noun. A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated. "In the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday"

2. Noun. (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint.

Definition of Feria

1. n. A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.

Definition of Feria

1. Noun. A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Feria

1. a weekday of a church calendar on which no feast is celebrated [n -RIAS or -RIAE] : FERIAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Feria

1. A week day, especially. A day which is neither a festival nor a fast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feria

ferdings ferdness ferds fere ferede ferer feres ferest feretories feretory

ferforth ferforthly fergit fergusonite fergusonites feria (current term) feriae ferial ferias feriation

ferine ferior ferities ferity ferk ferklempt ferlie ferlied ferlier ferlies

Literary usage of Feria

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

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"They were to be commanded by the Duke of feria, Governor of Milan, who had already had ... In the middle of September feria actually appeared at Innsbruck, ..."

2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"feria quinta. March, 27, 1729. Went to the Comis- sioners Meeting in the ... feria secunda, March, 31. I gave Madam Van Horn Mr. Mitchell's of Glory of ..."

3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"Mission of De feria. [Cn. XXXV. posts. Contrary to their expectation, the king promised England «iii to support England in ..."

4. Handy-book of Rules and Tables for Verifying Dates with the Christian Era by John James Bond (1889)
"The Mohammedan years commence and end with ferite or days of the week in the following order. Commencing in a common year with feria VI — Friday, ..."

5. The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop by John Strype (1821)
"feria 4. Ciner' Martii 1. feria 6. S. Dominica Prima 40. ... feria 6. 7. Dominica ante Pascha. 10. feria 4. 12. feria 6. ..."

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