Candlemasn.

/ˈkand(ə)lmas/

Forms: Old English–Middle English candel mæsse, Middle English candelmasse, candelmesse, Middle English candelmas, Middle English candil-masse, Middle English candilmesse, candilmas, condulmas, Middle English candylmesse, 1500s candylmas, 1500s–1700s candlemass, 1500s– candlemas.

Etymology: Old English candelmæsse , < candel candle n. + mæsse mass n.¹ In Icelandic kyndilmessa: compare medieval Latin candelaria, French chandeleur, German lichtmesse.

1. The feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary (or presentation of Christ in the Temple) celebrated with a great display of candles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Candlemas > [noun]

Candlemas1014

Saint Mary dayc1300

the Purification (of Our Lady, of the Virgin Mary, etc.)1389

chandry1478

1014 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Her on þissum geare Swegen geendode his dagas to candel mæssan iii nonas Febr.

c1230 [see Compounds].

c1325 Metr. Hom. 155 The first nam es Candelmesse, The tother Maryes clensing esse, The thred Cristes meting es cald.

c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) ix Þis feste of þe puryficacioun þat is cleped candelmasse.

1500 Ortus Vocabulorum in Cath. Angl. 52 The feest of candelmas, or meetynge of candelles.

1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles F iiij b Your solempne & double feasts of your hollomass, Christmass, Candlemass.

1879 T. F. Simmons Lay Folks Mass Bk. 242 (note) Candles were offered at Candlemas and certain other festivals.

2. The date of this feast, February 2nd. It is one of the quarter-days in Scotland.

ΚΠ

a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1101 Ðises geares eac se b' Rannulf to þan[m] Candel mæssan ut of þan[m] ture on Lunden nihtes oðbærst.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7706 Tatt daȝȝ mang ennglisshe menn Iss kanndellmesse nemmnedd.

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 838 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 327 Fro alhalawghe day To candelmesse.

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxiv. 199 Hee holds all Bonds bearing date at Lammasse, Michaelmasse, Candlemasse, or any Masse whatsoever, to be frustrate and of no effect; but by changing masse into tide, they become of full force and vertue.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 135 I wad say for certain, that I am gaun to quit at Cannlemas.

1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. xiii. 469 The old quarterly terms for paying the school fees were, Lammas, Hallowmas, Candlemas and Beltane.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as candlemas-day, candlemas-eve, candlemas-even, candlemas-night, candlemas-season, etc., and in Scottish candlemas-ball, candlemas blaze, candlemas crown, candlemas king, candlemas offering (see quots.).

ΚΠ

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 210 Condelmeasse dei.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 54 After candilmesse day.

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 394 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 311 Bryng in fyre on alhalawgh day, To condulmas euen, I dar welle say.

c1525 R. Arnold Chron. (new ed.) sig. Ci Candylmas day next after the kynge and the sayd duke of burgoyn bare theyr candyls.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 129 February the 2^d. (you may if you please call it Candlemas night) had been time out of minde celebrated at Court with somewhat more then ordinary solemnity.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vii. 101 In that Candlemas season.

1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 466 Candlemasday is a holiday at the public offices.

1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 211 (Jam.) The scholars..pay..a Candlemas gratuity, according to their rank and fortune, from 5s. even as far as 5 guineas, when there is a keen competition for the Candlemas crown. The king, i.e. he who pays most, reigns for six weeks.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Candlemas-bleeze, The gift made by pupils to a schoolmaster at Candlemas..; elsewhere, Candlemas Offering.1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 214/2 The latter part of the day was usually devoted to what was called the Candlemass bleeze, or blaze, namely, the conflagration of any piece of furze which might exist in their neighbourhood..Another old popular custom in Scotland on Candlemass day was to hold a foot-ball match..the Candlemass Ba', as it was called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	candlemas
释义	Candlemasn. /ˈkand(ə)lmas/ Forms: Old English–Middle English candel mæsse, Middle English candelmasse, candelmesse, Middle English candelmas, Middle English candil-masse, Middle English candilmesse, candilmas, condulmas, Middle English candylmesse, 1500s candylmas, 1500s–1700s candlemass, 1500s– candlemas. Etymology: Old English candelmæsse , < candel candle n. + mæsse mass n.¹ In Icelandic kyndilmessa: compare medieval Latin candelaria, French chandeleur, German lichtmesse. 1. The feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary (or presentation of Christ in the Temple) celebrated with a great display of candles. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Candlemas > [noun] Candlemas1014 Saint Mary dayc1300 the Purification (of Our Lady, of the Virgin Mary, etc.)1389 chandry1478 1014 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Her on þissum geare Swegen geendode his dagas to candel mæssan iii nonas Febr. c1230 [see Compounds]. c1325 Metr. Hom. 155 The first nam es Candelmesse, The tother Maryes clensing esse, The thred Cristes meting es cald. c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) ix Þis feste of þe puryficacioun þat is cleped candelmasse. 1500 Ortus Vocabulorum in Cath. Angl. 52 The feest of candelmas, or meetynge of candelles. 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles F iiij b Your solempne & double feasts of your hollomass, Christmass, Candlemass. 1879 T. F. Simmons Lay Folks Mass Bk. 242 (note) Candles were offered at Candlemas and certain other festivals. 2. The date of this feast, February 2nd. It is one of the quarter-days in Scotland. ΚΠ a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1101 Ðises geares eac se b' Rannulf to þan[m] Candel mæssan ut of þan[m] ture on Lunden nihtes oðbærst. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 7706 Tatt daȝȝ mang ennglisshe menn Iss kanndellmesse nemmnedd. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 838 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 327 Fro alhalawghe day To candelmesse. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxiv. 199 Hee holds all Bonds bearing date at Lammasse, Michaelmasse, Candlemasse, or any Masse whatsoever, to be frustrate and of no effect; but by changing masse into tide, they become of full force and vertue. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. vi. 135 I wad say for certain, that I am gaun to quit at Cannlemas. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. xiii. 469 The old quarterly terms for paying the school fees were, Lammas, Hallowmas, Candlemas and Beltane. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as candlemas-day, candlemas-eve, candlemas-even, candlemas-night, candlemas-season, etc., and in Scottish candlemas-ball, candlemas blaze, candlemas crown, candlemas king, candlemas offering (see quots.). ΚΠ c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 210 Condelmeasse dei. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 54 After candilmesse day. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 394 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 311 Bryng in fyre on alhalawgh day, To condulmas euen, I dar welle say. c1525 R. Arnold Chron. (new ed.) sig. Ci Candylmas day next after the kynge and the sayd duke of burgoyn bare theyr candyls. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 129 February the 2^d. (you may if you please call it Candlemas night) had been time out of minde celebrated at Court with somewhat more then ordinary solemnity. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vii. 101 In that Candlemas season. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 466 Candlemasday is a holiday at the public offices. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 211 (Jam.) The scholars..pay..a Candlemas gratuity, according to their rank and fortune, from 5s. even as far as 5 guineas, when there is a keen competition for the Candlemas crown. The king, i.e. he who pays most, reigns for six weeks.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Candlemas-bleeze, The gift made by pupils to a schoolmaster at Candlemas..; elsewhere, Candlemas Offering.1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 214/2 The latter part of the day was usually devoted to what was called the Candlemass bleeze, or blaze, namely, the conflagration of any piece of furze which might exist in their neighbourhood..Another old popular custom in Scotland on Candlemass day was to hold a foot-ball match..the Candlemass Ba', as it was called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1014
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