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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

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

We have examples of this in the moral influence of the festivals of the Christian year.

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)

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