Michaelmas

[ mik-uh l-muh s ]

/ ˈmɪk əl məs /

a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.

Also called Michaelmas Day.

Origin of Michaelmas

before 1150; Middle English Mighelmes; Old English ( Sanct) Michaeles masse (St.) Michael's mass

At Yarmouth, in 1579, two thousand are said to have died of the plague between May-day and Michaelmas.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton
Cuckoo oats and Michaelmas hay, Will make the farmer run away.

Rhymes Old and New |M.E.S. Wright
One of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.

Archaic England |Harold Bayley
The three were to sit in the Council until Michaelmas, when they were to be superseded by other three, who should sit for a year.

Venice and its Story |Thomas Okey

Peter became uneasy, for he expected Paul to come at Michaelmas.

The German Lieutenant and Other Stories |August Strindberg

Michaelmas

/ (ˈmɪkəlməs) /

Sept 29, the feast of St Michael the archangel; in England, Ireland, and Wales, one of the four quarter days