Christian year

American  

noun

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

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Christian year

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

In the coming weeks - by the end of the Christian year - we will begin the program for the first phase.

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2013

There is something striking in the season of the natural year at which we thus celebrate the beginning of another Christian year.

From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas