Holy+Week
61Holy Tuesday — or Great and Holy Tuesday is the Tuesday of Holy Week, which precedes the commemoration of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Western ChristianityIn the Roman Catholic Church, the readings are , , ) is also developed in the hymns of this day.At …
62holy — holy, sacred, divine, spiritual, religious, blessed are comparable chiefly as epithets applied to persons or things associated with religion or worship and therefore either regarded with special reverence or veneration or thought of as having a… …
63Holy Saturday — (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum ) is the day after Good Friday. It is the day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week, in which Christians prepare for Easter.On this day the church commemorates the time that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb and that he… …
64Holy Thursday — • The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
65Holy Wednesday — [ Cádiz, Spain] In Christianity, Holy Wednesday (also called Spy Wednesday, and in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Holy and Great Wednesday) is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday… …
66holy — adj. (holier, holiest) 1 morally and spiritually excellent or perfect, and to be revered. 2 belonging to, devoted to, or empowered by, God. 3 consecrated, sacred. 4 used in trivial exclamations (holy cow!; holy mackerel!; holy Moses!; holy… …
67holy — Hemolele, ho āno, kapu, la a, la ahia, ihi ihi, Kaneka, Saneta. ♦ Holy one, mea la a. ♦ Holy day, lā ho āno. ♦ Holy Week, Hepekoma Hemolele. ♦ Holy water, wai ho āno. ♦ To make holy, ho ohemolele. ♦ Holy, Holy, Holy (Hoik.… …
68week — [[t]wik[/t]] n. 1) a period of seven successive days, usu. understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday 2) a period of seven successive days that begins with or includes an indicated day: the week of June 3[/ex] 3) (often cap.) a… …
69Holy Saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week. [1350 1400; ME] * * * ▪ Christianity also called Easter Vigil, Christian religious observance that ends the Lenten season, falling on the day before Easter Sunday. The early church celebrated the end of Lent… …
70Holy Thursday — 1. See Ascension Day. 2. the Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. [1150 1200; ME; OE] * * * …
