ANNUNCIATION DAY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Synonyms:

Annunciation; Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Annunciation Day" is a kind of...):

quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)

Holonyms ("Annunciation Day" is a part of...):

Mar; March (the month following February and preceding April)

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