station dayn.
/ˈsteɪʃn ˌdeɪ/, U.S. /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n ˌdeɪ/ 1. In Ireland: a day on which a station (station n. 14b) or municipal ceremony is held. historical after 18th cent.
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the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > special or ceremonial days
Easter terma1387
station day1560
lecture-day1616
scarlet-day1632
charter-day1817
field day1821
Thing-day1875
1560 in Sir J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1891) II. 9 Fremen..shall attende upon the Maior..at all stacion daies.
1749 C. Lucas 17th Addr. Free-citizens Dublin 29 You shall attend the Mayor on his Station-Days with a seemly Gown fit for your Place and Calling.
1844 J. D'Alton Hist. Drogheda I. 191 In 1665, the Assembly took into consideration the many station days which, by ancient custom, were observed by the Corporation.
1903 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 33 229 In 1634 a dispute between the Bakers and the Barber-Surgeons, concerning their respective precedence in station on station days..was again brought forward.
2000 A. J. Fletcher Drama, Performance & Polity in Pre-Cromwellian Irel. 344 The 1589 legislation that on station days, guild masters should ensure that guild members..should be appropriately attired.
2. Roman Catholic Church. The day on which a station (station n. 25b) or service of prayer or celebration is held at a particular church.
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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > stational > [noun] > day of
station day1563
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 895/2 In the city of Rome they sayd them [sc. collects] ouer the people collected to gether in the station day.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 231 They were called Collects, because in the City of Rome, they said them over the People collected or assembled together in their station days.
1842 J. Donovan Rome, Anc. & Mod. I. 478 The church is officiated on the 14th day of Lent, which is the Station-day.
1900 M. A. R. Tuker & H. Malleson Handbk. Christian & Eccl. Rome 534 The least frequented churches [are open] on the feast day, the Station day in Lent, and for the Quarant' Ore.
2005 A. J. M. Mousolfe & J. K. Mousolfe St. Compan. for Each Day (new ed.) 328 The so-called station days, noted in the Roman Missal, owe their institution to his custom of assembling clergy and laity at a pre-arranged church.
3. Christian Church. Any one of the days of a biweekly fast (see station n. 26). historical.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > fast > [noun] > period of > bi-weekly
station day1631
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > fasting > [noun] > a fast > prescribed or appointed fast
fasting daya1387
fasta1400
station day1631
station1636
through-fast1652
1631 J. Burges Lawfulnes of Kneeling in Receiving Lords Supper xxi. 75 Like enough; that on the Station dayes, Lords dayes and Pentecost, they did rather bow, then kneele.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 78 Their set dayes of 150 fasting, which were called Station dayes.
1736 C. Fleming Acct. Law Sabbath iv. 53 Both Eusebius and Sozomen may have mention'd the station days..and the strictness of their observance of them.
1898 W. Bright Some Aspects Primitive Church Life iii. 118 Wednesdays and Fridays [were] called ‘Station-days’ apparently by adaptation of a term used for military duty.
1917 W. H. Freestone Sacram. Reserved ii. 36 He deals with those who had scruples about communicating on the station-days.
2007 B. A. Shields & D. A. Butzu Generations of Praise iii. 71 On these ‘station’ days, the practice was to fast until the midafternoon meal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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