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SOLEMNITY OF MARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation
Synonyms:
January 1; Solemnity of Mary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Solemnity of Mary" is a kind of...):
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Holonyms ("Solemnity of Mary" is a part of...):
Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)
