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Definition of Michaelmas day
1. Noun. Honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
Generic synonyms: Quarter Day
Group relationships: Sep, Sept, September
Lexicographical Neighbors of Michaelmas Day
Literary usage of Michaelmas day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"Hiring the day after michaelmas day to the michaelmas day following gains a
settlement. A hiring on October llth till Michaelmas following, is a hiring for ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"678. the tenant for life died before sunset on michaelmas day, and It was held
that the ... Midsummer day, michaelmas day, and Christmas day in every year, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"And the pauper having given a month's previous notice to quit «I Old Michaelmas-day,
which the mistress accepted, and procured another servant to come on ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1822)
"day named in the deed, or any michaelmas day following, pay to the mortgagee,
his heirs or assigns, the mortgage money and all arrears of interest which ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A beginning was made in a hired house on michaelmas day, 1568. The means of
support included, besides Allen's private income, and other voluntary donations, ..."
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