Hilaryn.
/ˈhɪləri/, U.S. /ˈhɪləri/ a. Name of a term or session of the High Court of Justice in England; and also of one of the university terms at Oxford and Dublin.
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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > session or term
half-yearc907
season?a1400
Michael term?1406
term1429
Michaelmas term1439
Easter term1530
Hilary1577
summer term1659
session1714
half1820
semester1826
by-term1883
Trinity term1899
winterim1964
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] > period when courts sit > specific
Easter term1530
Trinity term1540
Hilary1577
summer session1594
14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 59 Ye grett cowrtt next eftyr Sayntt Hyllare day.]
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iii. f. 102v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Hillary terme beginneth the xxiij. day of Ianuary, if it be not Sunday, otherwise the next daye after, & endeth the twelfth of February, and hath foure returnes.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 101 There are four times of the Year appointed for the Determining of Causes..Two of these Terms (viz.) Hillary Term, and Michaelmas Term, are at a constant time of the Year: but Easter Term and Trinity Term are sooner or later, as those Feasts happen.
1812 M. A. Taylor Parl. Deb. 6 May in Examiner 11 May 295/2 In Hilary Term, 1812, five decrees only were pronounced.
1875 Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 77. Sched., O. lxi. r. 1 The Hilary sittings shall commence on the 11th of January and terminate on the Wednesday before Easter.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)]
blissc897
spilea1000
merryOE
to make good cheera1275
blithea1400
gleea1400
to play the goodfellow1563
jolly1610
to keep Hilary term1618
gaya1629
jovialize1640
1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 343 When God speakes peace to the soule..It giues end to all iarres..and makes a man keepe Hilary Terme all his life.
Derivatives
ˈHilary-mass n. the feast of Saint Hilary.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of St. Hilary (14 January) > [noun]
Hilary-massc1330
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 284 At Saynt Hillarimesse at Westmynster salle be.
ˈHilary-tide n. the time, term, or season immediately following this day.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of St. Hilary (14 January) > [noun] > season following
Hilary-tide1875
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 262 These stated sessions were held by Edward I at Hilarytide, Easter, and Michaelmas.
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