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holy day of obligation

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A feast on which the faithful are obliged to hear Mass and abstain from servile work.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion

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  1. christian holy day

hyponyms (19)

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  1. All Saints' Day
  2. Ascension Day
  3. Christmas
  4. Christmas Day
  5. Hallowmas
  6. Immaculate Conception
  7. Xmas
  8. allhallows
  9. ascension
  10. ascension of the lord
  11. assumption
  12. assumption of mary
  13. august 15
  14. dec 25
  15. december 8
  16. hallowmass
  17. january 1
  18. november 1
  19. solemnity of mary

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