"Lady Day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Lady Days [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English leafdi dei. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leafdi dei}} Middle English leafdi dei Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Lady Day}} Lady Day (plural Lady Days)
  1. 25th March, an English quarter day. Categories (topical): Calendar, Christianity, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Lady_Day-en-noun-wL3M-zsY Disambiguation of Calendar: 50 50 Disambiguation of Christianity: 52 48 Disambiguation of Holidays: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 49 51
  2. 25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Categories (topical): Calendar, Christianity Translations (the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary): Благовещение (Blagoveštenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), آنونسیاسیون (anonsiyasyon) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Lady_Day-en-noun-bgIsaV9m Disambiguation of Calendar: 50 50 Disambiguation of Christianity: 52 48 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lady-day, Ladyday

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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