candlemas

IPA: kˈændʌɫmæs

Root Word: Candlemas

The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple.
A quarter day in Scotland.

Examples of "candlemas" in Sentences

Candlemas in this city is an important celebration.
Current Mood: candlemas.8 gunslingers | crown me king
From the worship of the Sun to the Virgin of Candlemas.
Candlemas procession being Etnea day 5 within the inner city.
The next morning the villagers attend church to commemorate Candlemas.
Subsequently, you were crowned at the feast of Candlemas next following.
Candlemas did become important enough to find its way into the secular calendar.
The trees stood up like silver candelabra of some incredible cold candlemas of purification.
Isn't this sort of behaviour supposed to be highly unlucky, breaking all Godly rules of candlemas?
When R. got home, she basically confirmed the same thing (although it would be candlemas, not mabon) and was clearly pissed about it also.
The bishops present kiss the palm which they receive and his right knee: and the mitred abbots and _Penitenzieri_ kiss the palm and his foot [34], as do all who come after them in the following order, which is observed also on good-friday at the kissing of the cross, and it is also on candlemas-day and ash-wednesday.