holytide

[hoh-lee-tahyd]

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noun

a time of religious observances.

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Origin of holytide

before 1100; Middle English holi tid, Old English hālig tīd. See holy, tide¹

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Related Words for holytide

holiday, holytide

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Historical Examples of holytide

The wren, to seek for which used to be the sport dedicated to the holytide, was left unpursued and unslain.
Peveril of the Peak
Sir Walter Scott