Christian year

American  

noun

1. a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.

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Example Sentences

While the nuns’ sect is a minority in largely Eastern Orthodox Ukraine, some highlights of the Christian year have already been spent in the company of the displaced, including normally joyous holidays such as Easter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022

“The fact that they give Christian year and the years since independence shows how sacred the country had become to them through their many sacrifices,” Mead said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2021

In the coming weeks - by the end of the Christian year - we will begin the program for the first phase.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2013

Resurrection, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, 1778 Easter Sunday represents the foundational claim of Christian faith, the highest day of the Christian year as celebration of Jesus' resurrection.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2012

The festivals of the Christian year also affected the older observances.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.