Definition of Holytides

1. holytide [n] - See also: holytide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holytides

holydam
holydame
holydames
holydams
holyday
holydays
holyhedra
holyhedron
holyness
holynesse
holystone
holystoned
holystones
holystoning
holytide
holytides (current term)
hom
homa
homacanth
homage
homageable
homaged
homager
homagers
homages
homaging
homalocephalous
homalographic
homaloid
homaloidal

Literary usage of Holytides

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

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"We find from the ancient customs of such a town as Chester in Saxon times that the most conspicuous of these holytides was the mediaeval "Saturday to Monday ..."

2. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1891)
"12mo, 2s Low .....1881 HolyTides: Poems, sq. 16mo, is Boston, Mast. ...1835 — Mother Goose for Grown Folks, new edit. 12mo, 7s 6d Boston, Mass. ...1881 ..."

3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1848)
"Therefore ought we, good brethren, to reverence our churches by our attendance on numerous prayers and sacrifices and holytides. Because there we seek GOD'S ..."

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