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1547 J. Hooper Answer Detection Deuyls Sophistrye sig. N4^v The doing and celebrating of this holy supper.

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vii. sig. X.i Certain Ceremonies and olde Rites vsed in times past, in the celebrating of God Ianus Feast.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. v. 26 Hee slewe all them that were gone to the celebrating of the Sabbath. View more context for this quotation

1671 L. Addison West Barbary in R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 96 They divine of the success of their tillage from..the due celebrating of their Easter.

1720 E. F. Haywood Love in Excess: 3rd Pt. 154 He forbore the celebrating of his so eagerly desir'd Nuptials.

1793 R. Warner Topogr. Remarks South-western Parts Hampshire II. 211 I believe few persons have ever been present at the celebrating of a mass in a good choir, but have been extremely affected with awe if not with devotion.

1846 Brit. Mag. Dec. 630 They went forward to the celebrating of their mass.

1911 Jrnl. Presbyterian Hist. Soc. Mar. 2 The celebrating of these rites and ceremonies was prolonged for the space of two hours.

2011 G. Blainey Short Hist. Christianity xxxi. 493 In 1923 the Soviet machine denounced the celebrating of Easter and Christmas.

1573 G. Gifford tr. W. Fulke Prælections iv. f. 30^v Whith how many moe benefits god hath adorned hir, so much more cherefully she procedeth forward, to the continuall celebrating of his glorie.

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr v. 165 Those times were apt enough to countenance any defender of Ecclesiastique immunity, though with diminution of Ciuill and Secular Magistracie, as appeares by their celebrating of Becket.

1633 W. Watts Swedish Intelligencer: 3rd & 4th Pts. To Rdr. sig. *3 One, that having served a Prince, first in denouncing of his Warres, and then in celebrating of his Triumphs; performes his last duties to him, at his Funeralls.

1684 S. Philipps To Gibbons 1 Sir, it was not out of any such Consideration that I took the boldness to attempt the celebrating of your Name.

1723 J. Darby tr. S. Ali Hist. Timur-Bec I. iii. xxx. 436 I had rather run the hazard of dying than let my action put a stop to the celebrating of the virtue of my countrymen.

1830 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 16 Polite Lit. 203 The celebrating of the great actions of heroes was always known to be a principal part of the duties of the bards.

1905 B. Kennedy Green Sphinx xxvii. 241 But things got hot whenever the celebrating of the deeds and virtues of the glorious King Billy came to the fore.

2006 W. Pitman Music Makers v. 81 Both their lives had included a strong sense of family and had been influenced by faiths and cultures that had not emphasized the celebrating of art for art's sake.

1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 10 The annuall celebrating of his byrth day.

1638 H. Rider tr. Horace Odes & Epodes 107 (heading) The celebrating of Mæcenas birth-day.

1717 London Gaz. 5537/2 His Majesty was prevailed with to stay for the celebrating of his Birth Day.

1820 R. Thomson Faithful Acc. Processions & Cermonies observed in Coronation of Kings & Queens Eng. 25 For the celebrating of the Coronation Feast, Westminster-Hall was laid open throughout.

1876 Helena (Montana) Independent 2 June 3/1 Business pertaining to the celebrating of the coming 4th of July will come before the meeting.

1934 Georgia Hist. Q. 18 76 The celebrating of the Bicentennial of the founding of Georgia.

1982 N. E. Tawa Sound of Strangers iii. 98 Another category of public event, the celebrating of the national holiday of one's homeland, has received mention in several writings on immigrants.

2005 H. Nebecker Bittersweet 197 It seems the celebrating of V E Day was just a little too much for the lad.