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Hilʹary Term

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in the Law Courts, begins on Plough Monday (q.v.) and ends the Wednesday before Easter. It is so called in honour of St. Hilary, whose day is January 14.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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High Tea (A)
High Words
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Highlanders of Attica
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Hilary Term
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Hildesheim
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