ferial
Britishadjective
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of or relating to a feria
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rare of or relating to a holiday
Example Sentences
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The calendar noted ferial and ember days, fish days and the feastdays of saints.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
As a result the offices of Sunday and the ferial offices were practically crushed out of the Breviary.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Changes were made in the calendar by suppression of feasts, by restoring to simple feasts the ferial office psalms, and by reducing the number of double and semi-double feasts.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
The former she expresses by her alleluias and the latter by her omission of the Te Deum and by her recital of the ferial prayers, the prayers of tears and grief.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
This day of roundabouts and swings, Struck weights, shied cocoa-nuts, tossed rings, Switchbacks, Aunt Sallies, and all such small High jinks—you call it ferial?
From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
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