feria
noun
a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
ferias
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pluralof feria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The preces are said at Lauds and Vespers in ferias of Advent and at the small Hours; preces are said, too, if they be said at Lauds.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
In the Breviary, before the recent reform, twelve psalms were recited in the first nocturn of Sundays and on ferias.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Its ferias are tremendously worldly; but they are none the less stupendous religious fêtes.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
The rearrangement secured the recitation of the whole Psalter once a week, the length of the office on Sundays and ferias was reduced, while the complexities of the calendar were simplified.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
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
