HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holy day of obligation mean? 

• HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION (noun)
  The noun HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION has 1 sense:

1. a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion

  Familiarity information: HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("holy day of obligation" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holy day of obligation"):

January 1; Solemnity of Mary ((Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation)

Ascension; Ascension Day; Ascension of the Lord ((Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter)

Assumption; Assumption of Mary; August 15 (celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church)

All Saints' Day; Allhallows; Hallowmas; Hallowmass; November 1 (a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835)

December 8; Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854)

Christmas; Christmas Day; Dec 25; Xmas (a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)