candlemas

/K AE1 N D AH0 L M AE0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple.

  2. 2

    A quarter day in Scotland.

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