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Dedication Day

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Dedication-day [festum dedicationis, Lat.], the feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast-day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of a place, but by those of all the neighbouring villages who usually came thither, and such assemblies were allowed as lawful. It was usual for the people to feast and to drink on those days, Cowel

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