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单词 marymass
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Marymassn.

Brit. /ˈmɛːrɪmas/, U.S. /ˈmɛriˌmæs/
Forms: see Mary n.1 and mass n.1; also Scottish pre-1700 Merimes, pre-1700 1900s– Marymess, 1700s Marymes, 1700s Merrimas, 1800s Marimass, 1800s Marmess, 1800s– Marymas, 1900s– Mair'mas.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English lexical item. Etymons: proper name Mary , mass n.1
Etymology: < the name of the Virgin Mary (see Mary n.1) + mass n.1
Now chiefly regional.
1. A festival of the Virgin Mary; esp. (a) the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August (Scottish regional in later use); (b) the Nativity of the Virgin, 8 September; = latter Marymass at latter adj. 2b(a). Obsolete.In quot. OE denoting the feast of Candlemas, 2 February. In quot. lOE (cf. also quots. a1200, 1577) with reference to the time between the feast of the Assumption and the feast of the Nativity.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Assumption > [noun]
latter Mary DayOE
Marymassa1200
assumption1297
Saint Mary dayc1300
Our Lady in Harvestc1325
OE Menologium 20 And þæs [i.e. in February] embe ane niht Þæt we Marian mæssan healdað..forþan heo Crist on þam dæge..brohte to temple.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1079 On þisum geare com Melcolm cyng of Scotlande into Englelande betwyx þam twam Mariam mæssan mid mycclum fyrde.]
a1200 ( Agreement between Bp. Wulfwig & Earl Leofric in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 214 Ehta dagas to ðære ærre Sancte Maria mæssan & ehta dagas to ðære æftsan [read æftran] Sancta Marian mærsan [read mæssan].
1488 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 178 At the feist of the assumptioun of our Lady callit the first Marymes nixt.
1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 44 That the Laird held courtis alsweill in the tyme of hervist as ony uther tyme; and in speciale betuixt the Mariemessis.
1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. ii. v. sig. Ciij Tenne to one I read his fortune by the Marymas fast.
1632 Prognostication in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1968) at Marymes August, 31 dayes..Laurence Faire in the Mernes and Marymesse Faire, 14 day.
1687 J. Paterson Geogr. Descr. Scotl. (ed. 3) 20 In August Marimas Fair at the town of Monymusk.
1733 J. Steuart Let.-bk. (1915) 367 My wife entreats you send to Mertimass markett about eight stone of your best butter, since she took too litle at Merrimas of what you sent out then.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xiv. 155 Was na it my Lord himsel, at last Marymas, when he sent for me to make a hoop to mend her leg.
2. A mass in honour of the Virgin Mary. by the Mary mass: used in the 16th cent. to express asseveration. Obsolete (historical in later use).
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to Mary
marrya1375
Marya1375
by (our) lakin1496
by the Mary mass1532
by God's mother?1544
marry (and) amenc1574
God's lady1589
marry-go-look1590
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > kinds of mass > [noun] > in honour of Virgin
Marymass1532
1457 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 29 To do the chymes goo at..the sacry of Seint Marie messe on the Sunday.]
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 715/2 She..sayde he wer worthy by the mary masse to be hanged by the necke.
?1553 Respublica (1952) ii. ii. 16 Who ist? Respublica? yea by the marye masse.
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) sig. A3 By the mary masse sall I.
1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. i. 264 (note) The gilds in the parish often helped to keep up the Mary-Mass.
1879 E. Waterton Pietas Mariana 121 The Marye Mass was invariably sung.
3. In Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland: a festival held on the third Saturday after the first Monday in August, to commemorate a visit by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–87), to the town in 1563.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > other festivities
hoppingc1330
hocking1406
church ale1448
bid-alec1462
kirk-ale1543
maids' ale1547
quaff-tide1582
help-ale1587
clerk-ale1627
Chinese New Year1704
Rasa-yatra1767
spring festival1788
souling1813
gooding1818
walking day1826
yatra1827
triacontaëterid1839
pwe1842
Thomasing1847
hocking-ale1854
Mary-ale1857
Oktoberfest1859
Marymass1866
club-walking1874
Lag b'Omer1874
full moon festival1876
beerfest1877
Tanabata1880
Moon Festival1892
bierfest1908
sausage fest1908
Zar1931
rara1941
mas'1956
molimo1960
Kwanzaa1970
1866 Kilmarnock Standard 1 Sept. 3 Marymass Races. These races came off at Irvine Moor on Saturday last.
1903 Glasgow Herald 20 Aug. Irvine Harbour. Marymass Holidays. [Work suspended between Friday 21 Aug. and Tuesday 25 Aug.]
1974 Liturgical Rev. i. 46 Marymas is a race-day and fair at Irvine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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