feria (redirected from feriae)

fe·ri·a  (fîr-, fr-)

n. pl. fe·ri·as or fe·ri·ae (--)

A weekday on a church calendar on which no feast is observed.

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[Medieval Latin fria, ordinary day, weekday, from Late Latin, feast day (used with ordinals to name the days of the week), from Latin friae, religious festival, holidays; see dhs- in Indo-European roots.]

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feri·al adj.

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feria [ˈfɪərɪə]

n pl -rias, -riae [-rɪˌiː]

(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a weekday, other than Saturday, on which no feast occurs

[from Late Latin: day of the week (as in prīma fēria Sunday), singular of Latin fēriae festivals]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feria - a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated; "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday" weekday - any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)
	2.	feria - (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint festivity, celebration - any joyous diversion Spanish - the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain