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Definition: Holy Week |
Holy WeekNoun1. The week before Easter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Holy Week The last seven days of Passion Week or the Great Week. It begins on Palm Sunday, and ends with Holy Saturday (q.v.). The fourth day is called "Spy Wednesday;" the fifth is "Maundy Thursday;" the sixth is "Good Friday;" and the last "Holy Saturday" or the "Great Sabbath." Holy Week has been called Hebdomada Muta (Silent Week); Hebdomada Passionis; Hebdomada Inofficiosa (Vacant Week); Hebdomada Penitentialis; Hebdomada Indulgentioe Hebdomada Buotuosa; Hebdomada Nigra; and Hebdomada Ultima. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Holy Week is the Christian week from Holy Monday through Easter (Resurrection) Sunday.
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Synonym: Holy WeekSynonym: Passion Week (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rite | Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Holy Week |
| English words defined with "Holy Week": Cresselle ♦ Good Friday ♦ Passion Week ♦ Tenebrae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Holy Week": Colours for Church Decoration. (references) |
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 | Holy week in Ethiopia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Toy sellers, Alamada during Holy Week, City of Mex. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Colombia | Leisure travel usually takes place during school vacations from November to early February; during Holy Week (the week before Easter); and from June to early September. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
holy week | 8 |
2004 holy week | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "Holy Week"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أسبوع الآلام. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pašijový týden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | De stille Uge (Passion Week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Stille Week (Passion Week), Goede Week (Passion Week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kärsimysviikko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Semaine sainte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | karwoche (Passion Week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεγάλη εβδομάδα (passion week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nagyhét (passion week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Settimana santa (Passion Week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 聖週 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいしゅう (clear fall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Shiaghtyn ny Caisht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olyhay eekway Semana Santa (Passion Week). (various references) sãptãmânã mare. (various references) страстная неделя (Passion Week). (various references) Semana Santa (passion week). (various references) dymmelvecka. (various references) paskalya öncesi hafta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Hebdomada sancta. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-k-l-o-w-y" | |
-1 letter: keyhole. | |
-2 letters: weekly, whelky. | |
-3 letters: hokey, holey, hoyle, wheel, whelk, whole, yokel. | |
-4 letters: eely, heel, helo, hoke, hole, holk, holy, howe, howk, howl, keel, koel, kohl, leek, leke, lowe, okeh, week, weel, whee, whey, woke, wyle, yelk, yoke, yolk, yowe, yowl. | |
-5 letters: eel, eke, elk, ewe, eye, hew, hey, hoe, how, hoy, key, lee, lek. | |
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