Associations to the word «Candlemas»

Wiktionary

CANDLEMAS, noun. The festival in the Christian year that commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple
CANDLEMAS, noun. A quarter day in Scotland.

Dictionary definition

CANDLEMAS, noun. Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke