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The early Christians decorated the sepulchres of martyrs and confessors, on the anniversary of their interment, with roses, violets, amaranths, and evergreens; and they celebrated the rosationes on the name-days of churches and sanctuaries.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

"What, you believe in keeping name-days too!" the girl-student laughed suddenly.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Here's a nosegay for you; I rode just now to Madame Chevalier's, she has flowers all the winter for name-days.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

The chief festivities take place on the "name-days" of the General and his spouse—that is to say, the days sacred to St. Nicholas and St. Anna.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

It was Peter, for instance, who on name-days had been able to present the little cashier with a nosegay.

From Long Live the King! by Rinehart, Mary Roberts