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Mothering Sunday

American  

noun

British.
  1. Laetare Sunday.


Mothering Sunday British  
/ ˈmʌðərɪŋ /

noun

  1. See Mother's Day

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In a statement, released through Cambridgeshire Police, his mother said she did not know why she had not heard from her son on Mothering Sunday.

From BBC

On Sunday, a photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales, surrounded by her children and reportedly taken by her husband Prince William, was posted, along with a note signed “C,” in honor of the U.K.’s Mothering Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times

“Mothering Sunday” neatly embodies all the promises and pitfalls of literary adaptation.

From Washington Post

But it can’t escape the plain fact that it isn’t Swift’s plot and characters that make “Mothering Sunday” a memorable work of art, but his writing, in all its sensitivity, detail and heartbreaking restraint.

From Washington Post

Most of the action of “Mothering Sunday” takes place in 1924, on the eponymous holiday known in the United States as Mother’s Day.

From Washington Post