Twelfth Day
the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
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How to use Twelfth Day in a sentence
The Twelfth Day of Christmas photo will be up on Christmas morning, a gift to everyone from folks who really know how to Ho!
The Twelfth Day after we had crossed over the river from Luxemburg found us marching into Coblenz.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltThey got to their ground, with the simultaneousness appointed, on the eleventh or Twelfth Day.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleIt is noticed most frequently about the Twelfth Day after operation.
It was now with him, as was known afterwards, the Twelfth Day of the fever.
Four Years in France | Henry Digby Beste
I have had it ever since Twelfth Day, and kept it all the time for you.
Lorna Doone | R. D. Blackmore
British Dictionary definitions for Twelfth Day
Jan 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations
(as modifier): Twelfth-Day celebrations
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