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ANNUNCIATION DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Annunciation Day mean?
• ANNUNCIATION DAY (noun)
The noun ANNUNCIATION DAY has 1 sense:
1. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Familiarity information: ANNUNCIATION DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Annunciation; Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25
Hypernyms ("Annunciation Day" is a kind of...):
quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
Holonyms ("Annunciation Day" is a part of...):
Mar; March (the month following February and preceding April)
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