holinightn.
/ˈhɒlɪnʌɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > eve of
eveneOE
holinight?c1225
evec1300
vespera1631
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 20 Bute hit beo hali nicht for feste.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27994 On fastin dai or hali night.
2. (nonce-use, after holiday n. 2) A night of festivity or pleasure.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun]
festivityc1410
rejoicingc1475
festivala1500
gaudy1535
show of misrule1555
gaudc1571
wake1577
festal1581
jubilee1589
gaudy-nighta1616
gala night1762
bridewain1789
gala1800
bean-feast1805
holinighta1821
let-off1827
glorification1843
pesta1964
a1821 J. Keats Day is Gone in Poems (1972) 686 The dusk holiday or holinight, Of fragrant-curtained love.
1884 Cent. Mag. 28 508 (heading) A Summer Holinight.
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