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Saint Valentine's Day

British  

noun

  1. Feb 14, the day on which valentines are exchanged, originally connected with the pagan festival of Lupercalia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Saturday afternoon, Saint Valentine’s Day, the Ruiz household was in a bustle.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

She served roast turkey on Thanks- giv-ing and heart-shaped cakes on Saint Valentine’s Day.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The fourteenth of February, Saint Valentine's Day, the Birds' Wedding Day, dawned in that Southern climate like a May day.

From For Woman's Love by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Conrad's shop was only moderate in books, but it spread itself in fancy goods—crackers for the Fourth—marbles and tops in their season—and for Saint Valentine's Day a range of sentiment that distanced his competitors.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks

And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast.

From Good Stories for Holidays by Frances Jenkins Olcott

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