St. Stephen's Day

English 2017 December 26 Pronunciation en /sənt ˈstiːvənz deɪ/ RP,GA en en-au-St. Stephen's Day.ogg AU en St. Ste phen's Day Proper noun St. Stephen's Day ~ s thumb|A portrait of Saint Stephen (between 1320 and 1325) by Giotto, from the collection of the Museo Horne in Florence, Italy. The artist has depicted him with stones on his head, as the saint was martyred by being stoned to death. en Christianity A Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen the protomartyr (first Christian martyr; died 34 ), falling immediately after Christmas Day (on December 26 in the Western Church and on December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox Church). en William Nelson Purlieu Manwood’s Treatise of the Forest Laws: Shewing Not Only the Laws Now in Force, but the Original of Forests, What They are, and How They Differ from Chases, Parks, and Warrens; with All Such Things as are Incident to Either; [...] 4th corrected and enlarged in the Savoy [i.e., London] Printed by E[lizabeth] Nutt (executrix of J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for B. Lintott at the Cross-Keys, R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown, J. Pemberton at the Buck and Sun, all in Fleet-street; and L. Ward in Inner-Temple-Lane 1717 paragraph 83 283–284 https://books.google.com/books?id=E_laAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA284 777059181 And the Commonalty having renewed their Petition on the Friday following, being Chriſtmas Day: And the King's Will being known, and his Warrant obtained, the ſaid Charter, which confirmed the Perambulation, was ſealed on Saturday, being St. Stephen’s Day, in a little Houſe near the Severn, belonging to the Prior of Worceſter, en Sholto Percy [pseudonym; Joseph Clinton Robertson]; Reuben Percy [pseudonym; Thomas Byerley] The Percy Anecdotes. Original and Select London Printed for T. Boys, Ludgate Hill 1821 163 https://books.google.com/books?id=n2o7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA163 254563900 Dugdale, in his Origines Judiciales, gives a long and particular account of the revelry at the Temple, on each of the twelve days of Christmas, in the year 1562. It appears from this document, that the hospitable rites of St. Stephen's Day, St. John's Day, and Twelfth Day, were ordered to be exactly alike; and as many of them are in their nature perfectly rural, there is every reason to suppose they were observed, to a certain extent, in the halls of the country gentry, and substantial yeomanry. en Edwards A[masa] Park A Discourse Delivered in Boston before the Pastoral Association of Congregational Ministers in Massachusetts, May 28, 1844 2nd Andover, Mass. Allen, Morrill & Wardwell 28 May 1844 25 https://archive.org/stream/sermons1829mass#page/n86/mode/1up/ 11881180 That order of the Church is the proper one, which disposes men to earnest meditation, which causes men to feel the weight of truth and be humbled under it; and that order is an unworthy one, which occupies the popular mind with deaneries and bishoprics, Michaelmases and Epiphanies, St. John's days and St. Stephen's days. If a preacher wish to present the doctrine of divine sovereignty to his hearers, he must let it pervade all the exercises of the Sabbath, en Stephen M. Crotts Saint Nicholas Speaks Lima, Oh. C.S.S. Publishing Company 1991 17 https://books.google.com/books?id=s7J13CguEh4C&pg=PA4 978-1-55673-399-4 "Feeding the Wren" is a custom based on the legend of Saint Stephen, who was hiding in a bush and betrayed to his enemies by a wren. On Saint Stephen's Day, December 26, the young children gather together, obtain a wren, and place it in a cage on top of a bush while they go from door-to-door collecting money which will be used for charity. en Blythe Gifford 13 Whispers at Court Don Mills, Ont. Harlequin Historical 2015 170 https://books.google.com/books?id=jjzABQAAQBAJ&pg=PA170 978-0-373-29838-9 Late in the morning of St. Stephen's Day, Marc mounted his horse, ready to leave Windsor, Cecily, and all of Angleterre. Alternative forms en Saint Stephen's Day St Stephen's Day Synonyms en Boxing Day en Feast of Saint Stephen en Feast of Stephen en Wren Day Ireland Derived terms en St. Stephen's Day pie Translations Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen Afrikaans: af Welwillendheidsdag, af Tweede kersdag Basque: eu San Eztebe eguna Catalan: ca Diada de Sant Esteve f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 聖斯德望日 Czech: cs Svátek svatého Štěpána m Danish: da anden juledag c, da 2. juledag c Estonian: et Tabanipäev Finnish: fi tapaninpäivä French: fr Fête de la Saint-Étienne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Sint-Steffensdei, fy Twadde Krystdei Galician: gl Día de Santo Estevo German: de Stephanitag m, de Stefanitag m, de Stephanstag m, de Stefanstag m, de Stephanustag m Greek: el του Αγίου Στεφάνου m Indonesian: id Hari Santo Stefanus, id Pesta Santo Stefanus Irish: ga Lá Fhéile Stiofáin, ga Lá 'le Stiofáin Italian: it Giorno di Santo Stefano m, it Santo Stefano m Japanese: ja 聖ステファノの日 Korean: ko 스테파노의 날 Luxembourgish: lb Stiefesdag m Malay: ms Hari Santo Stefanus Polish: pl Dzień Świętego Szczepana m Russian: ru Степанов день m Serbo-Croatian: sh Стевањдан m, sh Стјепањдан m Spanish: es Día de San Esteban m, es Fiesta de San Esteban f Swedish: sv Annandag jul c Turkish: tr Aziz Stefen Günü Welsh: cy Gŵyl San Steffan m f See also en Christmas Day en Christmas Eve Further reading en eponyms en Christmas Holidays