feriae
- plural of feria.
Example Sentences
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Hence the early Christians called the days of the week feriae.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
The feriae sementivae were held in the spring, and the Ambarvalia in autumn, both in honour of Ceres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
They had their festi and profesti, their feriae stativae, and conceptivae, their fixed and moveable feasts; their esuriales, or fasting days, and their precidaneae, or vigils.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Among the feriae conceptivae were the very ancient feriae Latinae, held in honour of Jupiter on the Alban Mount, and attended by all the higher magistrates and the whole body of the senate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Non-privileged feriae are the feriae of Lent and Advent, Quarter Tense or Ember days and Rogation Monday.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
