ferial
Britishadjective
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of or relating to a feria
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rare of or relating to a holiday
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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
The collect of a ferial Office is found in Office of the previous Sunday, except in ferias of Lent and Rogation days which have special and proper collects.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Till the seventh century the ferial Office had no lessons and the Sunday Office had only three, all taken from the Bible, which was read in its entirety, yearly.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
This arrangement interrupted the weekly recitation of the whole psalter, and caused great difficulty in later times; for when the feasts increased in number the ferial psalter fell almost into complete disuse.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
In the ferial office nine psalms are said, and not twelve, as in the old order of the Breviary.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
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