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Christian year

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noun

  1. a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.


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Many Christian leaders, to be fair, were also outraged that the president would stoop so low on the holiest day of the Christian year.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

While the nuns’ sect is a minority in largely Eastern Orthodox Ukraine, some highlights of the Christian year have already been spent in the company of the displaced, including normally joyous holidays such as Easter.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2022

“The fact that they give Christian year and the years since independence shows how sacred the country had become to them through their many sacrifices,” Mead said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2021

Resurrection, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, 1778 Easter Sunday represents the foundational claim of Christian faith, the highest day of the Christian year as celebration of Jesus' resurrection.

From Slate Apr. 8, 2012

In an adjoining alcove is an equally sumptuous but more ancient volume, the Antiphonale, or mammoth manuscript of the chants for the Christian year.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

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