1) Candlemas day 2) Church feast 3) Feb-02 4) February 2 5) Quarter day
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church festival, observed February 2, celebrating the purification of the Blessed Virgin and the feast of the presentation of Christ in the Temple.
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• (n.) The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
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in the Christian church, festival on February 2, commemorating the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in ... [4 related articles]
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In the Christian church, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of the Infant Christ in the Temple, celebrated on 2 February; church candles are blessed on...
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Can'dle·mas noun [ Anglo-Saxon
candelmæsse ,
candel candle +
mæsse mass.] The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
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2nd February
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[
n] - feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple
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Candlemas Day noun feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
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