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Noun [English]

Forms: Ash Wednesdays [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Aschewednysday, Axwednesdai, from asshe, axe (“ash”) + Wednesdai, Wednysday (“Wednesday”), from the custom of using the blessed ashes of the previous year's palm fronds (cf. Palm Sunday) to mark the heads of the congregation on the day. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Aschewednysday}} Middle English Aschewednysday, {{m|enm|Axwednesdai}} Axwednesdai, {{m|enm|asshe}} asshe, {{m|enm|axe||ash}} axe (“ash”), {{m|enm|Wednesdai}} Wednesdai, {{m|enm|Wednysday||Wednesday}} Wednysday (“Wednesday”), {{m|en|Palm Sunday}} Palm Sunday Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Ash Wednesday}} Ash Wednesday (plural Ash Wednesdays)
  1. (Christianity) The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Christianity, Calendar Synonyms: Ash-Wednesday Derived forms: Ash Monday Translations (the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter): Մոխրոտ չորեքշաբթի (Moxrot čʻorekʻšabtʻi) (Armenian), Hausterre-egun (Basque), Dimecres de cendra [masculine] (Catalan), Miyerkoles sa Badlis (Cebuano), 大齋首日 (Chinese Mandarin), 大斋首日 (dàzhāi-shǒurì) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖灰星期三 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣灰星期三 (shèng-huī-xīngqīsān) (Chinese Mandarin), Popeleční středa [feminine] (Czech), askeonsdag [common-gender] (Danish), Aswoensdag [masculine] (Dutch), øskudagur [masculine] (Faroese), tuhkakeskiviikko (Finnish), mercredi des Cendres (French), Aschermittwoch [masculine] (German), πρώτη Τετάρτη της Σαρακοστής (próti Tetárti tis Sarakostís) [feminine] (Greek), hamvazószerda (Hungarian), Rabu Abu (Indonesian), Céadaoin an Luaithrigh [feminine] (Irish), Mercoledì delle Ceneri [masculine] (Italian), Ceneri [feminine, plural] (Italian), 灰の水曜日 (hai-no suiyōbi) (alt: はいのすいようび) (Japanese), Pòpielnô Strzoda [feminine] (Kashubian), 재의 수요일 (jae'ui suyoil) (Korean), Diēs Cinerum [masculine] (Latin), fēria quārta cinerum [feminine] (Latin), Pelnu diena [feminine] (Latvian), šwigawa [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Rabu Abu (Malay), l-Erbgħa ta’ l-Irmied (Maltese), Ras ir-Randan (Maltese), askeonsdag [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oskeonsdag [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Środa Popielcowa [feminine] (Polish), Popielec [masculine] (Polish), quarta-feira de cinzas [feminine] (Portuguese), Пе́пельная среда́ (Pépelʹnaja sredá) [feminine] (Russian), Diciadain na Luathadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mèrcuri dî cìnniri [masculine] (Sicilian), Popolcová streda [feminine] (Slovak), Škaredá streda [colloquial, feminine] (Slovak), miércoles de ceniza [masculine] (Spanish), Jumatano ya Majivu (Swahili), askonsdag [common-gender] (Swedish), Miyerkoles ng Abo (Tagalog), Mercher y Lludw [masculine] (Welsh), die oaskean (Yola)
    Sense id: en-Ash_Wednesday-en-noun-P-jhyWC6 Disambiguation of Calendar: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter': 97 3
  2. (cocktail) A cocktail made from a mix of gin, heavy cream, honey syrup, and blackberries
    Sense id: en-Ash_Wednesday-en-noun-o1WM9HNp

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        "2": "Wednesdai"
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          "text": "Pope Gregory the Great introduced the sprinkling of ashes... which gave it the name of Ash-Wednesday.",
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        "(Christianity) The Wednesday 46 days before Easter in a given year, (Catholicism) traditionally observed as the beginning of Lent and a day of strict abstention from certain foods and pleasures."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A cocktail made from a mix of gin, heavy cream, honey syrup, and blackberries"
      ],
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        "(cocktail) A cocktail made from a mix of gin, heavy cream, honey syrup, and blackberries"
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    {
      "word": "Ash-Wednesday"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Moxrot čʻorekʻšabtʻi",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Մոխրոտ չորեքշաբթի"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Hausterre-egun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dimecres de cendra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Miyerkoles sa Badlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "大齋首日"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàzhāi-shǒurì",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "大斋首日"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "聖灰星期三"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèng-huī-xīngqīsān",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "圣灰星期三"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Popeleční středa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "askeonsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aswoensdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "øskudagur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "tuhkakeskiviikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "mercredi des Cendres"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aschermittwoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próti Tetárti tis Sarakostís",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πρώτη Τετάρτη της Σαρακοστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "hamvazószerda"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Rabu Abu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Céadaoin an Luaithrigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercoledì delle Ceneri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Ceneri"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいのすいようび",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hai-no suiyōbi",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "灰の水曜日"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pòpielnô Strzoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jae'ui suyoil",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "재의 수요일"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diēs Cinerum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fēria quārta cinerum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pelnu diena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Rabu Abu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "l-Erbgħa ta’ l-Irmied"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Ras ir-Randan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "askeonsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oskeonsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Środa Popielcowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Popielec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quarta-feira de cinzas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Pépelʹnaja sredá",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Пе́пельная среда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diciadain na Luathadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mèrcuri dî cìnniri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Popolcová streda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Škaredá streda"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šwigawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miércoles de ceniza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Jumatano ya Majivu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "askonsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "Miyerkoles ng Abo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mercher y Lludw"
    },
    {
      "code": "yol",
      "lang": "Yola",
      "sense": "the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter",
      "word": "die oaskean"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ash Wednesday"
  ],
  "word": "Ash Wednesday"
}

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