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Holy Week

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The last seven days of Passion Week or the Great Week. It begins on Palm Sunday, and ends with Holy Saturday (q.v.). The fourth day is calledSpy Wednesday;” the fifth is “Maundy Thursday;” the sixth is “Good Friday;” and the lastHoly Saturday” or the “Great Sabbath.”

Holy Week has been called Hebdomada Muta (Silent Week); Hebdomada Passionis; Hebdomada Inofficiosa (Vacant Week); Hebdomada Penitentialis: Hebdomada Indulgentiœ; Hebdomada Luctuosa; Hebdomada Nigra; and Hebdomada Ultima.

 

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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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Holy Land (The)
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Holy Orders
Holy Places
Holy Thursday
Holy Saturday
Holy Wars
Holy Water
Holy Week
Holy Writ
Holy Maid of Kent (The)
Holy of Holies (The)
Holy Water Sprinkler
Holywell Street (London)
Holystone
Home
Home, Sweet Home
Homer
Homer a Cure for the Ague

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