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Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies..

Quasimodo :: Quasimodo (n.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

Simnel :: Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday..

Dominical :: Dominical (n.) The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer..

Workday :: Workday (n. & a.) A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day..

Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

Jubilate :: "Jubilate (n.) The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, ""Jubilate Deo."".

Dominical :: Dominical (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday..

Advent :: Advent (n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..

Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..

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