fast day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fast day
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
Example Sentences
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It’s a slow moment in the middle of a fast day, at the start of a whirlwind week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2021
They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2021
Adams’ 1798 fast day proclamation was a conventional expression of New England political culture.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2017
Balbus knows that the precept of the Church on fasting is obligatory; but through his own negligence he is unaware that today is a fast day, and does not fast.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
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