ferial
Britishadjective
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of or relating to a feria
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rare of or relating to a holiday
Example Sentences
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The calendar noted ferial and ember days, fish days and the feastdays of saints.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Beneath the Tree Of Innocence and Liberty, Paper Nose and Red Cockade Dance within the magic shade That makes them drunken, merry, and strong To laugh and sing their ferial song: 'Free, free...!'
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
To him a jug of train-oil were as angel-food, a keg of stale soap-grease a ferial feast.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
This simplifies things and makes the ferial office shorter than the office of feasts.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
These offices were drastic innovations, introduced to get rid of the very long psalm arrangement of the ferial office.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
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