Twelfth Day

American  

noun

1. 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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Twelfth Day British  

noun

1. 1. Jan 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations

   2. ( as modifier )

      Twelfth-Day celebrations

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Etymology

Origin of Twelfth Day

before 900; Middle English; Old English

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Example Sentences

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Twelfth Day

"On the Twelfth Day of Christmas" my true love gave to me a new TV movie starring Robin Dunne and Brooke Nevin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2015

A pleasant, 22-minute short, the Twelfth Day will get a nationwide network audience on New Year's Day as a color Spectacular over NBCTV.

From Time Magazine Archive

And on the Twelfth Day the Knights and Barons came again, but none could draw it out but Arthur.

From The Book of Romance by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford

Yet some said that Twelfth Day cut her out, for she came in a silk suit, white and gold, like a queen on a frost-cake, all royal and glittering.

From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin

By the advice of the prelate it was kept secret until Twelfth Day, when the barons came again, and another effort was made to draw the sword.

From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Charles Morris

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