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Definition of Twelfthtide
1. Noun. The season of Epiphany.
Definition of Twelfthtide
1. n. The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.
Definition of Twelfthtide
1. Proper noun. The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelfthtide
Literary usage of Twelfthtide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church of Our Fathers as Seen in St. Osmund's Rite for the Cathedral of by Daniel Rock (1853)
"42 On The Epiphany, or Twelfthtide. Our kings, whose especial festival it was
that day, made an offering, at mass, of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, ..."
2. Northern Mythology: Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and by Benjamin Thorpe (1852)
"Twelfthtide. In many places it is said there may be no spinning at this season,
but that feathers must be plucked. ..."
3. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1879)
"... paid for at the rate of 2O/. each, and the pieces at Whitehall at the rate of
io/. each.2 Masks were also presented at Twelfthtide and Shrovetide. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Plough-monday, next after that twelfthtide, Bids out with the plough. Tuner's
Husbandry. Thou has beat me out twelve several times. ..."
5. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries: An Attempt to Illustrate the History by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1902)
"... and it was said that " it and other more should go down ere Twelfthtide,"f
but it was not until the spring of the year 1538 that any steps were taken ..."
6. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries: An Attempt to Illustrate the History by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1893)
"... and it was said that " it and other more should go down ere Twelfthtide,"f
but it was not until the spring of the year 1538 that any steps were taken ..."
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