fast day
a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
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When he came to Ayno, he found the Doctor just gone to Church, it being observed by him and his people as a fast-day.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanThe governor and council had appointed a fast-day to be kept through the country upon Good-Friday for the success of the king.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. GoodrichOn the fast-day fists were shaken at Mr. Dishart as he walked sternly homeward, but he was undismayed.
Auld Licht Idyls | J. M. BarrieInstead of this incident's humbling Tilliedrum into attending church, the next fast-day saw its streets deserted.
Auld Licht Idyls | J. M. BarrieForgotten the torturing heat, forgotten the hunger and thirst of the fast day!
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch | Ulrich Frank
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