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Twelfth Day

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Twelfth Day  (twlfth)
n. Ecclesiastical
Epiphany.

Twelfth Day
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)
a.  Jan. 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations
b.  (as modifier) Twelfth-Day celebrations
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Noun1.Twelfth DayTwelfth day - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians
Jan, January - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice


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And on the twelfth day, as he was lying on the funeral pile, he returned to life and told them what he had seen in the other world.
Given at our palace at Belfaborac, the twelfth day of the ninety-first moon of our reign.
So quickly was this order filled that on the twelfth day after the arrival of the cablegram, the ships were on their way to Messina with the lumber.
 
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