💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Christian year"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| church yearnoun | the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons |
| adventnoun | Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching. |
| christmas seasonnoun | (US, informal, retail and marketing) The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve. |
| kalendarnoun | (Christianity) A liturgical calendar. |
| christinglenoun | (Christianity) A small Christmas gift for children symbolizing Jesus Christ as the “light” of the world. A typical modern Christingle is made of an orange with sweets skewered into it, a candle inserted into the top, and a red ribbon wrapped round it. |
| advent candlenoun | (Christianity) A candle marked with the days of December up to Christmas Eve. |
| ordinary timenoun | (Christianity) A season of the Christian liturgical calendar, celebrated in two segments: from the Monday following the baptism of Jesus Christ up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the first Sunday of Advent. |
| epiphanynoun | (countable) An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder. |
| advent wreathnoun | (Christianity) A usually evergreen wreath adorned with four (or sometimes five) candles, the first of which is lit on Advent Sunday, followed by the lighting of an additional candle on each subsequent Sunday. |
| kingdomtidenoun | (Protestantism) The period or season of the Christian church year between the seasons of Pentecost and Advent, or the second half of this period. |
| proper | Suitable. |
| lentnoun | (Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. |
| yearnoun | The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year. |
| fixed feastnoun | (Christianity) an annual celebration that is held on the same calendar date every year, such as Christmas (December 25) |
| christmastimenoun | Christmas season; Christmastide; yuletide |
| christmas timenoun | The Christmas season. |
| christmasnoun | (originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places. |
| yulenoun | Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ). |
| nativitynoun | (also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus. |
| christmas and easter christiannoun | A Christian who does not frequently attend church, attending only on the major holidays of Christmas and Easter. |
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