单词 | candlemas-ball |
释义 | > as lemmascandlemas-ball 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 2d. (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. < as lemmas |
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