Definition of Michaelmastide

1. Noun. The season of Michaelmas.

Generic synonyms: Season

Lexicographical Neighbors of Michaelmastide

Michael Jackson
Michael Joe Jackson
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Philip Jagger
Michaela
Michaelis-Gutmann body
Michaelis-Menten constant
Michaelis-Menten equation
Michaelis-Menten hypothesis
Michaelis complex
Michaelis constant
Michaell
Michaelmas
Michaelmas Day
Michaelmas daisy
Michaelmastide (current term)
Michal
Michalis
Micheal
Micheas
Michel Eyquem Montaigne
Michel Levy scale of retardation colours
Michel Montaigne
Michel Ney
Michel de Notredame
Michelangelesque
Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Michele

Literary usage of Michaelmastide

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

1. The Horse: With a Treatise on Draught by William Youatt, Walker Watson (1866)
"... Michaelmastide' the neighbouring magistrates were ordered to 'drive' all forests and commons, and not only destroy such stallions, but all ' unlikely ..."

2. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1905)
"7 Michaelmastide. 1882. 53 Among the water lilies. 2, St. John's Wood Park. 1884. 696 A breezy day on the Stour, Christchurch. 1887. ..."

3. Agricultural Writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800 by Donald McDonald (1908)
"At Michaelmastide the neighbouring magistrates were ordered to " drive '' the forests and commons and destroy all not likely to produce a valuable breed. ..."

4. Handbook to the Controversy with Rome by Karl von Hase (1906)
"The Michaelmastide protest on the part of the Pope begins with the words: ' Christ Who humbleth and exalteth, chastiseth and healeth, has permitted the city ..."

5. The Private Life of the Old Northmen by Rudolph Keyser (1868)
"After the introduction of Christianity, they were changed to the autumn feast at Michaelmastide, the Christmas feast, and the Easter feast. ..."

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