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单词 Ember day
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Definition of Ember day in English:

Ember day

nounˈɛmbə
  • Any of a number of days reserved for fasting and prayer in the Western Christian Church. Ember days traditionally comprise the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following St Lucy's Day (13 December), the first Sunday in Lent, Pentecost (Whitsun), and Holy Cross Day (14 September), though other days are observed locally.

    四季节(西方基督教派四季斋期中的任一天;传统上的四季斋期是指12月13日圣露西节之后的星期三、星期五和星期六以及大斋期的第一个星期天、五旬节和9月14日的圣十字架节,不过有些地方还包括其他一些日子)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today is an Ember Day, and on Ember Days, we pray, among other things, that God would raise up priests to serve at the altar.
    • Meat can be eaten on Fridays, Ember days have been abolished.
    • Since the revision of the Roman calendar in 1969, Ember Days are to be observed at the discretion of the National Conference of Bishops.

Origin

Old English ymbren, perhaps an alteration of ymbryne 'period', from ymb 'about' + ryne 'course', perhaps influenced in part by ecclesiastical Latin quatuor tempora 'four periods' (on which the equivalent German Quatember is based).

Definition of Ember day in US English:

Ember day

noun
  • Any of a number of days reserved for fasting and prayer in the Western Christian Church. Ember days traditionally comprise the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following St. Lucy's Day (December 13), the first Sunday in Lent, Pentecost (Whitsun), and Holy Cross Day (September 14), though other days are observed locally.

    四季节(西方基督教派四季斋期中的任一天;传统上的四季斋期是指12月13日圣露西节之后的星期三、星期五和星期六以及大斋期的第一个星期天、五旬节和9月14日的圣十字架节,不过有些地方还包括其他一些日子)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today is an Ember Day, and on Ember Days, we pray, among other things, that God would raise up priests to serve at the altar.
    • Meat can be eaten on Fridays, Ember days have been abolished.
    • Since the revision of the Roman calendar in 1969, Ember Days are to be observed at the discretion of the National Conference of Bishops.

Origin

Old English ymbren, perhaps an alteration of ymbryne ‘period’, from ymb ‘about’ + ryne ‘course’, perhaps influenced in part by ecclesiastical Latin quatuor tempora ‘four periods’ (on which the equivalent German Quatember is based).

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