“_Tables, Calendars, &c. for the use of Historians, Antiquaries, and
the Legal Profession, by N. H. Nicolas, Esq._”
_Advent Sunday_, is the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew,
November 30th, whether before or after.
_Ascension Day_, or _Holy Thursday_, is the Thursday in Rogation week,
i. e. the week following Rogation Sunday.
_Ash Wednesday_, or the first day in lent, is the day after Shrove
Tuesday.
_Carle_, or _Care Sunday_, or the fifth Sunday in lent, is the fifth
Sunday after Shrove Tuesday.
_Corpus Christi_, or _Body of Christ_, is a festival kept on the
Thursday after Trinity Sunday; and was instituted in the year 1264.
_Easter Day._ _The Paschal Sabbath._ _The Eucharist_, or _Lord’s
Supper_, is the seventh Sunday after Shrove Tuesday, and is always the
first Sunday after the first full moon, which happens on or next after
the 21st of March.
_Easter Monday_ { are the Monday and
{ Tuesday following
_Easter Tuesday_ { Easter day.
_Ember Days_, are the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, after the
first Sunday in lent; after the Feast of Pentecost; after Holy-rood
Day, or the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, viz. 14th
September; and after St. Lucia’s day, viz. 15th December.
_Ember Weeks_, are those weeks in which the Ember days fall.
_The Eucharist._ See Easter day.
_Good Friday_, is the Friday in Passion Week, and the next Friday
before Easter day.
_Holy Thursday._ See Ascension day.
_Lent_, a Fast from Ash Wednesday, to the Feast of Easter, viz. forty
days.
_Lord’s Supper._ See Easter day.
_Low Sunday_, is the Sunday next after Easter day.
_Maunday Thursday_, is the day before Good Friday.
_Midlent_, or the fourth Sunday in Lent, is the fourth Sunday after
Shrove Tuesday.
_Palm Sunday_, or the sixth Sunday in Lent, is the sixth Sunday after
Shrove Tuesday.
_Paschal Sabbath._ See Easter day.
_Passion Week_, is the week next ensuing after Palm Sunday.
_Pentecost_ or _Whit Sunday_, is the fiftieth day and seventh Sunday
after Easter day.
_Quinquagesima Sunday_, is so named from its being about the fiftieth
day before Easter. It is also called _Shrove Sunday_.
_Relick Sunday_, is the third Sunday after Midsummer-day.
_Rogation Sunday_, is the fifth Sunday after Easter day.
_Rogation Days_ are the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday following
Rogation Sunday.
_Shrove Sunday_, is the Sunday next before Shrove Tuesday. It is also
called _Quinquagesima Sunday_.
_Septuagesima Sunday_, so called from its being about the seventieth
day before Easter, is the third Sunday before Lent.
_Sexagesima Sunday_, is the second Sunday before Lent, or the next to
Shrove Sunday, so called as being about the sixtieth day before
Easter.
_Trinity Sunday_, or the _Feast_ of the _Holy Trinity_, is the next
Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsuntide.
_Whit Sunday._ See Pentecost.
_Whit Monday_ { are the Monday and
{ Tuesday following
_Whit Tuesday_ { Whit Sunday.
_Whitsuntide_, is the three days above-mentioned.
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_The Vigil or Eve_ of a feast, is the day before it occurs. Thus the
Vigil of the feast of St. John the Baptist is the 23d of June. If the
feast-day falls upon a Monday, then the Vigil or the Eve is kept upon
the Saturday preceding.
_The Morrow_ of a feast, is the day following: thus the feast of All
Souls, is November 2d, and the Morrow of All Souls is consequently the
3d of November.
_The Octave_ or _Utas_ of each feast, is always the eighth day after
it occurs; for example, the feast of St. Hillary, is the 13th of
February, hence the Octave of St. Hillary, is the 20th of that month.
_In the Octaves_, means within the eight days following any particular
feast.