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Encaenia

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encenianoun	Alternative form of encaenia. [A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.]
epiphanynoun	(countable) An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
parascevenoun	(Christianity) The day of preparation before the (Jewish) Sabbath; Friday.
feast of lightnoun	(Judaism) Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
sexagesimanoun	(Christianity) In the Christian calendar the Sunday two weeks before Lent, eight before Easter Sunday.
great hoursnoun	A particularly solemn celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church, occurring thrice a year: on the Eve of the Nativity, the Eve of Theophany, and Great Friday.
passion weeknoun	(Christianity) The week beginning on Passion Sunday.
chanuccanoun	Rare spelling of Hanukkah. [(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.]
ten days of repentancenoun	(Judaism) The ten-day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
pesachnoun	The Jewish festival of Passover.
tabernaclesnoun	A particular Christian holiday based on the Jewish one.
chanuccahnoun	Alternative spelling of Hanukkah. [(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.]
eastertidenoun	The season from Easter Day to Whitsun, inclusive thereof.
feast of weeksnoun	Shavuot
passiontidenoun	The period in the Christian calendar from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
lentnoun	(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
ektenianoun	(Christianity) A litany in the Byzantine Rite.
bright weeknoun	(Christianity) Among Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches, the period of seven days starting from Easter, during which Christ's resurrection is celebrated.
quartodecimannoun	Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor, Syria, and Jerusalem) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), which began on Nisan 15.
ember weeknoun	(Christianity) The week in which the Ember days occur.