Lady Day en · NOUN
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English leafdi dei.
Meanings
- 25th March, an English quarter day.
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25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years.
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 173:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladyday | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Lady Days | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Lady-day | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
ota آنونسیاسیون (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) · sv vårfrudagen (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) · sv Marie bebådelsedag (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) · sv Jungfru Marie bebådelsedag (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) · bg Благовещение (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary) · sv våffeldagen (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary)