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Meanings of Candlemas in anglès

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candelaria

Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland.

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A Christian festival that takes place 40 days after Christmas and commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Jesus in the Temple.

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Usage of Candlemas in anglès
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Then they rode northwards to Sarpsborg, and came there at Candlemas.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
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M. de Vendome came to Versailles for the ceremony of the Order on Candlemas-Day.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
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Holiday: Feast of Our Lady of Candlemas on February 2
A Wiccan Bible
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The snow promised by the Candlemas sun of the preceding day had actually come.
Les Misérables
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And with Candlemas day ends all festivity connected with Christ-tide.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse: The Story of Christ-Tide
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I'm ninety, come Candlemas; but it don't seem long since I took the bounty.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
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On the other hand Candlemas Day has been part of Irish heritage since before time.
The Irish Times
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He remembered the day well because it was Candlemas day, and this was the anniversary.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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We at length reached Water Street, and entered the office of Tallow, Candlemas, and Co.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
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The final nightmare came before Candlemas-heralded ,incruel irony, by a false gleam of hope.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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Then I was three year at Mellstock, and I've been here one-and-thirty year come Candlemas.
Far from the Madding Crowd
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It's probably too late; for the summer season's fighting, you need to be recruiting by Candlemas.
Wolf hall
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In the Christian tradition, the feast also known as Candlemas, is celebrated 40 days after Christmas.
The Irish Times
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In the revolution of Candlemas, 1248, the successful Ghibellines throw down thirty-six of the Guelph palaces.
Val d'Arno / Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent ...
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It was Candlemas; huddled in his tent with his generals, he prayed for the slaughtered souls.
Wolf hall
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This latter raid, having occurred in February, was afterwards known as the "burnt Candlemas."
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
Translations for Candlemas