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Lady Day

Definition: Lady Day

Lady Day

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Lady Day

DomainDefinition

Literature

Lady Day The 25th of March, to commemorate the Annunciation of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary There is a tradition that Adam was created on this day. Of course, this rests on Jesus being "the Second Adam," or "federal head." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Lady Day

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In the Christian calendar, the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) and the first of the traditional English quarter days.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lady Day."

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Synonyms: Lady Day

Synonyms: Annunciation (n), Annunciation Day (n), March 25 (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Lady Day

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Lady Day

English words defined with "Lady Day": Quarter day. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Lady Day": Lord, LadySporting Seasons in England. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Lady Day

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

  • Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lady Day

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

lady day

37

lady day and date watch

3
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Modern Translation: Lady Day

Language Translations for "Lady Day"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

Annunsiasie (Annunciation). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

благовещение. (various references)

   

Czech

  

zvìstování paní marie. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Maria-Boodschap (Annunciation), Annunciatie (Annunciation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

marianpäivä (Annunciation Day). (various references)

   

French

  

Annonciation. (various references)

   

German

  

Mariä Verkündigung (Annunciation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Annunciazone (Annunciation, Lady). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Laa'l Moirrey Arree (The Annunciation). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

Anunsiashon (Annunciation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adylay ayday

   

Russian 

  

благовещение (annunciation). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

blagovesti (annunciation). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Anunciación (Annunciation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vårfrudagen. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

meryem ana yortusu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Lady Day

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-l-y-y"

-3 letters: dada, dyad, lady, yald.

-4 letters: aal, add, ala, dad, dal, day, lad, lay, yay.

-5 letters: aa, ad, al, ay, la, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-l-y-y"
 

+3 letters: dyadically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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