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SAINT AGNES'S EVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Agnes's Eve mean? 

SAINT AGNES'S EVE (noun)
  The noun SAINT AGNES'S EVE has 1 sense:

1. a Christian holy dayplay

  Familiarity information: SAINT AGNES'S EVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAINT AGNES'S EVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian holy day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

January 20; Saint Agnes's Eve

Hypernyms ("Saint Agnes's Eve" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Saint Agnes's Eve" is a part of...):

Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)


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