Lady Day (Noun)
Meaning
A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The village celebrated Lady Day with a traditional feast and folk dancing in the town square.
- Lady Day, also known as the Feast of the Annunciation, was a significant date in the medieval calendar.
- The landlord required payment of rent on Lady Day, one of the four quarter days in the year.
- According to local custom, Lady Day marked the beginning of spring and the end of winter.
- The church choir sang special hymns on Lady Day to commemorate the angel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary.