Ember day
noun
any of the days in the quarterly three-day period of prayer and fasting (the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after Sept. 14, and after Dec. 13) observed in the Roman Catholic Church and other Western churches.
Origin of Ember day
before 1050; Middle English
ymber day, Old English
ymbrendæg, plural
-dagas, equivalent to
ymbryne recurrence (
ymb(e) around +
ryne a running) +
dæg
day
Example sentences from the Web for ember day
The following extracts from it refer to the Ember-day Fasts.
St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music |E. G. P. Wyatt