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Lady Day
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Lady-day Ladyday
English
Alternative forms
en Lady-day
en Ladyday
Etymology
en :inh enm:leafdi dei + 1
Noun
Lady Day
25th March, an English quarter day.
25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
en 1977 K.M. Elizabeth Murray Caught in the Web of Words Oxford University Press Oxford 173 By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years.
Translations
the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Bulgarian: bg Благовещение n
Swedish: sv Jungfru Marie bebådelsedag c, sv Marie bebådelsedag c, sv vårfrudagen c, sv våffeldagen c
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ota آنونسیاسیون anonsiyasyon
Further reading
Lady Day
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