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Candlemas|ˈkænd(ə)lmæs|
Forms: 1–2 candel mæsse, 3–5 -masse, -messe, 5 -mas, 4 candil-masse, 5 -messe, -mas, condulmas, 5 candylmesse, 6 -mas, 6–8 candlemass, 6– candlemas.
[OE. candelmæsse, f. candel candle n. + mæsse mass. In Icel. kyndilmessa: cf. med.L. candelaria, F. chandeleur, Ger. lichtmesse.]
1. The feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary (or presentation of Christ in the Temple) celebrated with a great display of candles.
1014O.E. Chron., Her on þissum ᵹeare Sweᵹen ᵹeendode his daᵹas to candel mæssan iii nonas Febr. a1225[see 3]. c1325Metr. Hom. 155 The first nam es Candelmesse, The tother Maryes clensing esse, The thred Cristes meting es cald. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. ix. (Gibbs MS.) Þis feste of þe puryficacioun þat is cleped candelmasse. 1500Ortus Voc. in Cath. Angl. 52 The feest of candelmas, or meetynge of candelles. 1590Greenwood Collect. Art. F iiij b, Your solempne & double feasts of your hollomass, Christmass, Candlemass. 1879Simmons Lay Folks Mass Bk. 242 note, Candles were offered at Candlemas and certain other festivals.
2. The date of this feast, February 2nd. It is one of the quarter-days in Scotland.
a1123O.E. Chron. an. 1101 Ðises ᵹeares eac se b' Rannulf to þan[m] Candel mæssan ut of þan[m] ture on Lunden nihtes oðbærst. c1200Ormin 7706 Þatt daȝȝ..mang Ennglisshe menn Iss Kanndellmesse nemmnedd. c1450Bk. Curtasye in Babees Bk. (1868) 327 Frow alhalawghe day To candelmesse. 1631R. Brathwait Whimzies, Zealous Bro. 117 Hee holds all bonds bearing date at Lammasse, Michaelmasse, Candlemasse or any masse whatsoever to be frustrate and of no effect; but by changing masse into tide they become of full force and vertue. 1818Scott Rob Roy vi, ‘I wad sae for certain, that I am gaun to quit at Cannlemas.’ 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. xiii. 469 The old quarterly terms for paying the school fees were, Lammas, Hallowmas, Candlemas and Beltane.
3. attrib. and Comb., as candlemas-day, candlemas-eve, candlemas-even, candlemas-night, candlemas-season, etc., and in Sc. candlemas-ball, candlemas blaze, candlemas crown, candlemas king, candlemas offering (see quots.).
a1225Ancr. R. 412 Condelmesse dei. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 54 After candilmesse day. c1450Bk. Curtasye in Babees Bk. (1868) 311 Bryng in fyre on alhalawgh day, To condulmas euen, I dar welle say. 1521in Arnolde Chron. (1811) p. xliii, Candylmas day next after, the Kynge and the sayd Duke of Burgoyn bare theyr Candyls. 1655L'Estrange Chas. I, 129 February the 2d. (you may if you please call it Candlemas night) had been time out of minde celebrated at Court with somewhat more then ordinary solemnity. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 129 In that Candlemas season. 1857Chambers Inform. People II. 466 Candlemasday is a holiday at the public offices.
1794Statist. Acc. Scotl. XIII. 211 (Jam.) The scholars..pay..a Candlemas gratuity, according to their rank and fortune, from 5s. even as far as 5 guineas, when there is a keen competition for the Candlemas crown. The king, i.e. he who pays most, reigns for six weeks. 1825Jamieson, Candlemas bleeze, the gift made by pupils to school-master at Candlemas; elsewhere Candlemas offering. 1863Chambers Bk. of Days 2 Feb., The latter part of the day was usually devoted to what was called the Candlemass bleeze, or blaze, namely, the conflagration of any piece of furze which might exist in their neighbourhood..Another old popular custom in Scotland on Candlemas day was to hold a foot-ball match..the Candlemass Ba' as it was called. |