Twelfth Day

Twelfth Day

n. Ecclesiastical

Epiphany.

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Twelfth Day

n

(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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Twelfth′ Day′

n.

Epiphany; formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.

[before 900]

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Twelfth day - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Epiphany 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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