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单词 quindene
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quindenen.

Brit. /ˈkwɪndiːn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪnˌdin/
Forms: late Middle English quyndene, 1500s– quindene, 1600s quinden.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quindena.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quindena (also quintana ) fifteenth day after a festival, counting inclusively (13th cent. in British sources), period of fifteen days (frequently from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin quīndēnī fifteen each < quīndecim fifteen (see quindecemvir n.) + -ēnī , suffix forming distributive adjectives (see nonagenarian n.).
Christian Church. Now historical.
The fourteenth day after a festival (this being the fifteenth day when counted inclusively, following ancient Roman practice); (hence) the period of fifteen days beginning with the day of a festival. Cf. quinzième n. 3b.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > fifteen days beginning on > last day of
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quindecima1450
quinzinea1500
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cvii He toke his leue of seynt Denys about ye Quyndene of Pasche.
1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 386 This yeare within the quindene of Easter a Parliamente was holden at London.
1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 487 On the eleuenth of March, the Parliament was proroged vnto the quinden of Pasch.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 177 In the Quindene of Easter, news out of England arrived in Ireland.
1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 873 The Quindene, or Fifteenth day after Easter was appointed.
1758 R. Lowth Life William of Wykeham 157 In the Parliament holden at Westminster, on the Quindene of St. Hilary last past.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 65 (note) The second parliament was held at Oxford in the quindene of Easter.
1978 Bodl. Libr. Rec. 10 28 The change to English and secretary hand after the quindene of Easter 1651.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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