| 释义 |
hy·pa·pan·te
\ˌēpəˌpänˈdē\ noun
(-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin or Late Greek; Late Latin hypapante, from Late Greek hypapantē, literally, meeting, from Greek hypapantan to meet, from hypo- + apantan to meet — more at apantesis
: a feast celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on February 2 commemorating primarily the presentation of Jesus and his meeting Simeon and Anna in the temple and secondarily the purification of the Virgin Mary — compare candlemas |