单词 | twelfthtide |
释义 | † Twelfthtiden. Obsolete. The season including Twelfth-night and Twelfth-day; the season of Epiphany: formerly the concluding part of the Christmas holidays. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > season of Epiphany > [noun] Twelfthtide1530 twelve-tide1557 the twelve days1693 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/2 Twelftyde, la typhayne. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 159 That there be no mariages celebrate..from Aduent to Twelftide. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. E As if he had come this Christmas..To see his friends, and return'd after Twelfetyde. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 48 A Mask prepared for Twelftyde. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2301/3 It will not be before Twelvetide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1530 |
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