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Hebdomad :: Hebdomad (n.) A week; a period of seven days.

Bill :: Bill (n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc..

Fast :: Fast (v. i.) A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast..

Till :: Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week..

Meal :: Meal (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal..

Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival..

Last :: Last (a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week..

Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..

Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..

Wowke :: Wowke (n.) Week.

Biweekly :: Biweekly (a.) Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

Run :: Run (a.) To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week..

Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day..

Passion :: Passion (n.) Passion week. See Passion week, below..

Hebdomadary :: Hebdomadary (a.) Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly..

Hebdomadary :: Hebdomadary (n.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors..

Psalter :: Psalter (n.) Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week..

Thursday :: Thursday (n.) The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday..

Yesterweek :: Yesterweek (n.) The week last past; last week.

Carnival :: Carnival (n.) A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday..

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