holytide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of holytide
before 1100; Middle English holi tid, Old English hālig tīd. See holy, tide 1
Example Sentences
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The wren, to seek for which used to be the sport dedicated to the holytide, was left unpursued and unslain.
From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir
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