fast day

fast day
noun
a day designated for fasting
• Hypernyms: ↑religious holiday, ↑holy day
• Hyponyms: ↑major fast day, ↑minor fast day

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noun
Etymology: Middle English faste day, from faste fast + day — more at fast VI
: a day appointed for fasting and prayer often as a means of invoking the favor of God: as
a. capitalized : a day usually in the spring appointed by the magistrates and governors of some of the New England colonies and states as a holiday for the purpose of fasting and prayer
b. : such a legal holiday often in the summer observed in Scotland

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a day on which fasting is observed, esp. such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
[1300-50; ME]

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fast day,
a day observed by fasting, especially a day regularly set apart by a church.

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  • Fast day — Fast Fast, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See {Fast}, v. i.] 1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. [1913 Webster] Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Voluntary abstinence… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fast-day — fastˈ day noun 1. A day of religious fasting 2. A day for humiliation and prayer, esp before communion • • • Main Entry: ↑fast …   Useful english dictionary

  • fast day — fast .day n a day when you do not eat any food, especially for religious reasons …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fast day — fast′ day n. a day on which fasting is observed • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • fast day — n. a religious holy day, etc. observed by fasting …   English World dictionary

  • Fast Day — [ thumb|right|Massachusetts Governor Jonathan Belcher s February 26, 1735 (NS 1736) proclamation of a fast day for April 1.] A Fast Day is a day of religious fasting observed at various periods by different religious groups, Jewish, Christian,… …   Wikipedia

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  • fast day — /ˈfast deɪ/ (say fahst day) noun a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority …  

  • fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, esp. such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority. [1300 50; ME] * * * …   Universalium

  • fast day — noun (C) a day when you do not eat any food, especially for religious reasons …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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