Feast of Dedication
Britishnoun
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It was torn by anxiety as to the fate of her boy, her scholar son, unaccountably absent for the first time from the household ceremonies of the Feast of Dedication.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
The last time He had visited their home was at the Feast of Dedication, during the season of winter, when the palm-trees were bared of their leaves, and the voice of the turtle was silent.
From Memories of Bethany by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
“How long keepest thou our soul in suspense?” was the question put to Him as late as the Feast of Dedication, 28 a.d., the year before He suffered.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by J. H. (Joseph Hugh) Beibitz
Some authorities think that Christmas was celebrated in December by the ancient Church because that was the date of the Feast of Dedication.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
The Feast of Dedication has been proposed by Kepler and Petavius.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Archibald Thomas Robertson
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