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CHRISTIAN YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Christian year mean? 

CHRISTIAN YEAR (noun)
  The noun CHRISTIAN YEAR has 1 sense:

1. the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasonsplay

  Familiarity information: CHRISTIAN YEAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHRISTIAN YEAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Christian year; church year

Hypernyms ("Christian year" is a kind of...):

twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)

Meronyms (parts of "Christian year"):

holy day; religious holiday (a day specified for religious observance)

saint's day (a day commemorating a saint)


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