twelfthtide
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun The twelfth day after Christmas; Epiphany; -- called also Twelfth-day.
Examples
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The calends, also, of January, were solemnized with licentious shows in honour of Janus and the goddess Strenia; and it is from those infamous diversions that among Christians, are derived the profane riots of new year's day, twelfthtide, and shrovetide, by which many pervert these times into days of sin and intemperance.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
Note
The word 'twelfthtide' is a compound of 'twelfth' and 'tide'.
