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Ash Wednesday   /æʃ wˈɛnzdi/   Listen
Ash Wednesday

noun
1.
The 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras ('Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance.





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"Ash wednesday" Quotes from Famous Books



... the people—it was a frightful morning of Ash Wednesday, near Courtille. A cold fine rain had been falling since the evening before; the streets were covered with pools of water. Masked carriages filed hither and thither, crowding between hedges of hideous men and women ...
— The Confession of a Child of The Century • Alfred de Musset


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