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ˈgang-days Obs. exc. Hist.
[f. gang n.1 + day; so called from the processions held on these days. ON. gangdagar, OSw. gangdaghar are perh. from OE.]
The three days preceding Ascension-day or Holy Thursday; also called Rogation-days.
891O.E. Chron. (Earle) 88 Þy ilcan ᵹeare ofer Eastron ymbe gang daᵹas oþþe ær. a1225Ancr. R. 412 Uridawes and umbridawes and ȝoing dawes [so MS. Nero; Titus ȝong dahes; Cleop. ȝeoncdaȝes; Corpus omits] and uigiles. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 441/359 In a time atþe gangdawes [v.r. roueisouns]: þis holie man al-so prechede a day at Oxenford. 1469Househ. Ord. (1790) 101 Item, Beves..by the yere, vii weekes rebated for Lent and gang daies, 410. 1571Grindal Articles B ij b, Whether..the parson, vicar [etc.]..in the dayes of the Rogations, commonly called the gang dayes, walke the accustomed bounds of your Parish. 1634Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 123 The observation of Gangdays, or rogation week, is wholly popish. 1895J. Brown Pilgr. Fathers I. 38 The perambulation of the parish bounds in cross-week or gang-days. |