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Twelfth Night

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Twelfth Night
n.
January 5, the eve of Epiphany, celebrated as a holiday in parts of Europe and the United States and marked by feasting, merrymaking, and the lighting of bonfires.
Twelfth Night
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)
a.  the evening of Jan. 5, the eve of Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festal celebrations
b.  the evening of Twelfth Day itself
c.  (as modifier) Twelfth-Night customs
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Noun1.Twelfth night - eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians
Jan, January - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Translations
Twelfth Night
n → Dreikönige; (= evening) → Dreikönigsabend m
Twelfth Night n → la notte dell'Epifania
Twelfth Night n → la notte dell'Epifania


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Scrooge had observed this change, but never spoke of it, until they left a children's Twelfth Night party, when, looking at the Spirit as they stood together in an open place, he noticed that its hair was grey.
A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles View in context
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