Definition of Ember day

1. Noun. A day set aside for fasting and prayer.

Generic synonyms: Christian Holy Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ember Day

Elysian Field
Elysian Fields
Elysium
Elysse
Elzevirian
Em
Emacs
Emajõgi
Emanuel
Emanuel Svedberg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Embadomonas
Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway
Embden-Meyerhof pathway
Embden ester
Ember Day
Emberings
Emberiza
Emberiza aureola
Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza hortulana
Emberiza schoeniclus
Emberizidae
Embiodea
Embioptera
Embiotocidae
Embothrium
Embothrium coccineum
Embu
Emerald

Literary usage of Ember day

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

1. Journal of Theological Studies (1908)
"If, then, we assume that in 455 Leo kept his first summer ember-day on the eighth, we assume him to have obeyed what he believed to be a binding 1 Migne S ..."

2. The New Raccolta: Or, Collection of Prayers and Good Works, to which the by Catholic Church (1903)
"Saturday (Ember-day'). Eve of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. S. Peter, on the Vatican. ... Friday in September (Ember-day). The Twelve Holy Apostles. ..."

3. The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent by Catholic Church, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute (1879)
"(For the Holy Martyrs, but on Ember-day this is the Week-day Homily. ... On Ember-day a Commemoration of the Week-day. SECOND VESPERS. ..."

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