Hilary-tide

English Etymology en Hilary tide. Proper noun Hilary-tide en archaic The season around the feast day of Saint Hilary (January 13th); the season following Christmastide. en 1911 Stubbs, William The Constitutional history of England: its origin and development https://archive.org/details/constitutionalh07stubgoog/mode/2up?q=%22Hilary-tide%22 234 In 1273 we find a more important illustration of the growth of the custom: at Hilary-tide a great convocation of tho whole realm was held to take the oath of fealty to Edward I, and to maintain the peace of the realm en 1924 Norgate, Kate Richard The Lion Heart https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524949/mode/2up?q=%22Hilary-tide%22 316 Its duration was fixed for a year from the ensuing Christmas or Hilary-tide en 1959 Thomas B. Costain the magnificent century 4 https://archive.org/details/magnificentcentu0000unse_k2e1/page/154/mode/2up?q=%22Hilary-tide%22 154 Parliament had been meeting regularly, generally around Hilary-tide, and had been countering Henry's petulant demands for money, money, and more money with specific counterdemands. References "Hilary-tide". Oxford English Dictionary. en Christmas