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XMAS

• XMAS (noun)
The noun XMAS has 1 sense:

1. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Familiarity information: XMAS used as a noun is very rare.

• XMAS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Christmas Day; Dec 25; Xmas; Christmas

Hypernyms ("Xmas" is a kind of...):

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

feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)

holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)

legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)

Holonyms ("Xmas" is a part of...):

Dec; December (the last (12th) month of the year)

"He goes a'sorrowing who goes a'borrowing."
(English proverb)
"Have not want not."
(Lee Field Walstad)
"Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on."
(Arabic proverb)
"Heaven helps those who help themselves."
(Corsican proverb)

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