"Clean Monday" meaning in English

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Proper name

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...” Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Clean Monday}} Clean Monday
  1. (Christianity) The seventh Monday before Easter, (Eastern Christianity) traditionally regarded as the beginning of Lent Wikipedia link: Clean Monday Categories (topical): Calendar, Christianity Synonyms: Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent, Green Monday [Cyprus] Hyponyms: Forgiveness Vespers Related terms: Clean Week Translations (First day of the Orthodox Lent): Καθαρά Δευτέρα (Kathará Deftéra) [feminine] (Greek), Чи́стый понеде́льник (Čístyj ponedélʹnik) [masculine] (Russian)

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