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ASH WEDNESDAY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ash Wednesday mean?

• ASH WEDNESDAY (noun)
The noun ASH WEDNESDAY has 1 sense:

1. the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance

Familiarity information: ASH WEDNESDAY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ASH WEDNESDAY (noun)

Sense 1

Ash Wednesday ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Ash Wednesday" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Ash Wednesday" is a part of...):

Lent; Lententide (a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)

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