Ash Wednesday
Noun
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Noun
Ash Wednesday
- (Christianity) The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
- 1834, Penny Cyclopaedia, Vol. II, p. 454:
- Pope Gregory the Great introduced the sprinkling of ashes... which gave it the name of Ash-Wednesday.
- 1834, Penny Cyclopaedia, Vol. II, p. 454:
- French: mercredi des Cendres
- German: Aschermittwoch
- Italian: Mercoledì delle Ceneri, Ceneri
- Portuguese: quarta-feira de cinzas
- Russian: Пе́пельная среда́
- Spanish: miércoles de ceniza
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