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Definition of Candlemas Day
1. Noun. Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candlemas Day
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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