† mid-fast Sundayn.
Obsolete.
= mid-Lent Sunday n. at mid-Lent n. Compounds.
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Sunday of RefreshmentlOE
midlenten Sunday1389
mid-Lent Sundayc1425
Phagiphanyc1450
mid-fast Sunday1480
Mothering Sunday1783
Refreshment Sunday1825
Refection Sunday1852
Laetare1870
1480 in J. R. Boyle & F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Merchant Adventurers Newcastle (1895) I. 2 The..persones..shall..halden wppon Thursday next after Midfast Sunday [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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