- Ember week
- Ember week,one of the four weeks of the year in which the Ember days occur.
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Ember week
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Ember week — /ˈɛmbə wik/ (say embuh week) noun a week in which Ember days occur …
Ember-week — Emˈber week noun The week in which they occur • • • Main Entry: ↑Ember days … Useful english dictionary
Ember Days — • The days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ember Days Ember Days … Catholic encyclopedia
Ember days — Four groups of three days in the Church calendar during which fasting was observed, i.e. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, *Pentecost, Holy Cross Day (14 September), St Lucy s Day (13 December). Ember Week was one … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Ember-days — /emˈbər dāz/ plural noun The three Fast days (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) in each quarter, following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (14 September), and St Lucia s Day (13 December) ORIGIN: OE ymbryne a circuit, from ymb… … Useful english dictionary
ember — ember1 [em′bər] n. [ME eymere & (with intrusive b) eymbre < OE æmerge (& ON eimyrja) < æm (akin to ON eimr, steam) + yrge (akin to ON ysja, fire) < IE base * eus , to burn > L urere, to burn] 1. a glowing piece of coal, wood, etc.… … English World dictionary
Ember days — In the liturgical calendar of the Western Christian churches, Ember days are four separate sets of three days within the same week mdash;specifically, the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday mdash;roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that… … Wikipedia
Ember Days — The Ember Days are the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the First Sunday in Lent; Whitsun Day; the 14th of September and the 13th day of December, and are regarded as the Fasts of the four seasons. The time of their observance was… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Ember days — Synonyms and related words: Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday,… … Moby Thesaurus
City of Ember — For the novel on which the film is based, see The City of Ember. City of Ember Theatrical release poster Directed by Gil Kenan … Wikipedia
