Crossword-Solution: CANDLEMAS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Candlemas | n. | The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CANDLEMAS | anagram | SLAMDANCE |
We have 16 clues for the answer “CANDLEMAS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Church feast. | 1 answer |
| Church festival celebrated Feb. 2nd. | 1 answer |
| FEAST of the Purification of the Virgin Mary | 1 answer |
| Feb. 2 | 1 answer |
| GROUND day | 1 answer |
| Groundhog day. | 1 answer |
| Holy day commemorating the purification of the Virgin Mary | 1 answer |
| Presentation of the Lord in the Temple | 1 answer |
| Religious feast celebrated on February 2d. | 1 answer |
| VIRGIN Mary, feast of the | 1 answer |
| VIRGIN Mary, purification feast of the | 1 answer |
| February 2 | 2 answers |
| February 2nd | 2 answers |
| SCOTTISH term day | 4 answers |
| Feast | 52 answers |
| Mass | 90 answers |
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Sentences with CANDLEMAS (5)
Then he let his hand fall into the strings and they fell a-tinkling sweetly, like unto the song of the winter robin, and at last he lifted his voice and sang: Still now is the stithy this morning unclouded, Nought stirs in the thorp save the yellow-haired maid A-peeling the withy last Candlemas shrouded From the mere where the moorhen now swims unafraid.
Seek and serve them where they bide From Candlemas to Christmas-tide, For these simples used aright Shall restore a failing sight.
After Christianity had taken root in Svithjod, and the kings would no longer dwell in Upsala, the market-time was moved to Candlemas, and it has since continued so, and it lasts only three days.
Asbjorn had a long-ship standing in the noust (shipshed), and it was a snekke (cutter) of twenty benches; and after Candlemas (February 2, 1023), he had the vessel put in the water, brought out all his furniture, and rigged her out.
The following spring, after Candlemas, King Magnus left the town in the night with his ships; the tents up, and lights burning in the tents.
Quotes with CANDLEMAS (1)
Before I was ordained, when I was working for the council, I thought of the first three months of the year as January, February, March. Now I think of them as Epiphany, Candlemas and Ash Wednesday.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1942–2013).