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HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("holy day of obligation" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holy day of obligation"):
January 1; Solemnity of Mary ((Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation)
Ascension; Ascension Day; Ascension of the Lord ((Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter)
Assumption; Assumption of Mary; August 15 (celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church)
All Saints' Day; Allhallows; Hallowmas; Hallowmass; November 1 (a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835)
December 8; Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854)
Christmas; Christmas Day; Dec 25; Xmas (a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)
