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 Aldous Huxley
In the Breviary there are two sets of preces, the Preces Dominicales for Sunday and the Preces Feriales for ferial Offices.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
The former she expresses by her alleluias and the latter by her omission of the Te Deum and by her recital of the ferial prayers, the prayers of tears and grief.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
These offices were drastic innovations, introduced to get rid of the very long psalm arrangement of the ferial office.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
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