ember days

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ember days - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ember \Em"ber\, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop.,
     running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr.
     rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.]
     Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in
     each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting
        and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The
        Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days
        the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday
        in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th
        of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called
        ember weeks.
        [1913 Webster]

ember days - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "Ember days":
     Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation,
     Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas,
     Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter,
     Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide,
     Epiphany, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas, Holy Thursday,
     Holy Week, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide, Lent,
     Lententide, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas,
     Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, Palm Sunday, Pancake Day,
     Passion Week, Pentecost, Quadragesima, Quadragesima Sunday,
     Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day,
     Twelfth-tide, Whit-Tuesday, White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun,
     Whitsunday, Whitsuntide, Whitweek