Candlemas
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Candlemas
- /ˈkæn.dəl.məs/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English Candelmasse, from Old English Candelmæsse, equivalent to candle + -mas, following the tradition that the candles to be used in church during the following year are blessed on this day. Compare Old Norse kyndilsmessa (“Candlemas”).
noun Candlemases · Candlemass
- The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple. To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for
- A quarter day in Scotland.
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noun Christian feast
| Español | Candelaria |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | キャンドルマス Kyandorumasu |
| Português | Candelária |
| Français | Chandeleur |
| Deutsch | Lichtmess |
| Italiano | Candelora |
| Ελληνικά | Υπαπαντή Ypapantí |
| Română | Întâmpinarea Domnului, Stretenie |
| Русский | сре́тение srétenije, Сре́тение Госпо́дне Srétenije Gospódne |
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title = {Candlemas},
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