Clean Monday en · PROPN
Etymology
From the Old Testament reading at sext on this day, Isaiah 1:16, “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil...”
Meanings
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The seventh Monday before Easter, (Eastern Christianity) traditionally regarded as the beginning of Lent or Great Lent.
Holonyms: Clean Week < Lent, Great Lent
Clean Monday, a holiday in Greece, marks the start of the Lenten season.
2010 February 10, New York Times, page D5:
Relateds
Clean Week · Forgiveness Vespers
Synonyms
Monday of Lent · Green Monday · Pure Monday · Ash Monday
Translations (2)
el Καθαρά Δευτέρα (First day of the Orthodox Lent) · ru Чи́стый понеде́льник (First day of the Orthodox Lent)