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Dedication-day
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
Episcopus puerorum
Episcopus puerorum. It was an old custom that upon certain feasts some lay person should plait his hair and put on the garments of a bishop, and in them
Calendar
Calendar differs from the Gregorian, as to the method of calculating the time of Easter and other movable feasts. The Protestants of Germany, Holland, Denmark, and Switzerland adopted this in 1700, Great Britain in 1752, Sweden in
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Almanack
which is recounted the days of the week, month, and year, both common and particular, distinguishing the fasts, feasts, terms, etc., from the common days by proper marks, pointing out also the several changes of the moon,
Seneschal
An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries in the Middle Ages who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies a steward Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice and was given high military
Rudmasday
Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross occuring on May 3 and September 14 annually
Omophagic
Eating raw flesh using uncooked meat as food as omophagic feasts rites
Easter
of the church, held in memory of our Saviour's resurrection. Easter Day, on which all the other movable feasts and holy days of the Church depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens
Coshering
Coshering, a feudal custom, whereby the lords may lie and feast themselves and their followers at their tenants' houses, etc., forbidden by many Acts of the Irish Parliament. Compare
Festum stultorum
Festum stultorum, the feast of fools, anciently observed on New Year's Day.
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