holy day — noun a day specified for religious observance • Syn: ↑religious holiday • Hypernyms: ↑holiday • Hyponyms: ↑fast day, ↑Christian holy day, ↑Jewish holy day, ↑Dormition, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
holy day of obligation — noun a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day • Hyponyms: ↑Solemnity of Mary, ↑January 1, ↑Ascension, ↑Ascension Day, ↑Ascension of the Lord … Useful english dictionary
Holy Day of Obligation — Christianity portal In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation or Holidays of Obligation,[1] less commonly called Feasts of Precept, are the days on which, as … Wikipedia
Christian observances of Jewish holidays — A number of Christian denominations observe religious holidays inspired by Jewish observances or derived from the Hebrew Bible. The original Jewish holidays may be honored in their original form in recognition of Christianity s Jewish roots, or… … Wikipedia
Holy Innocents' Day — noun December 28, commemorating Herod s slaughter of the children of Bethlehem • Syn: ↑Innocents Day • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day … Useful english dictionary
Holy Saturday — noun the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day … Useful english dictionary
Holy Thursday — noun the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper • Syn: ↑Maundy Thursday • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day … Useful english dictionary
HOLY PLACES — HOLY PLACES. Because of its history, the Land of Israel possesses places holy to the three monotheistic religions, although the term holy means something different to each of these religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (See Map: Holy… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Christian observances of Yom Kippur — occur when a Christian style Day of Atonement models itself on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Contents 1 Background 2 Jews for Jesus 3 Messianic Jewish congregations … Wikipedia
Day of the Covenant — may refer to: Day of the Vow, a Christian public holiday in South Africa Day of the Covenant, a Bahá í holy day This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
