Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A weekday on a church calendar on which no feast is observed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical calendar, any day of the week from Monday to Friday, inclusive—that is, any day but the Jewish and the Christian sabbath: as,feria secunda, tertia, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
- noun a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Today the term feria is used to denote the days of the week with the exception of Sunday and Saturday.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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This past Wednesday at the Healing Mass at St. Alban's, there was no saint commemorated on the kalendar for that day what we call a feria, so we had a votive Mass for the Sick.
Archive 2006-09-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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This past Wednesday at the Healing Mass at St. Alban's, there was no saint commemorated on the kalendar for that day what we call a feria, so we had a votive Mass for the Sick.
Are you ready to take "No" for an answer? Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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The feria is a regional celebration, usually of a particular town or village.
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The feria is a regional celebration, usually of a particular town or village.
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The feria is a regional celebration, usually of a particular town or village.
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The old use of the word feria, for feast day, is lost, except in the derivative feriatio, which is equivalent to our of obligation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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FYI, the "perya" is the annual fair, in Spanish "feria," (often held during the Christmas season).
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FYI, the "perya" is the annual fair, in Spanish "feria," (often held during the Christmas season).
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The feria is a regional celebration, usually of a particular town or village.
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