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ASH WEDNESDAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Ash Wednesday" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Holonyms ("Ash Wednesday" is a part of...):
Lent; Lententide (a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
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