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michaelmas


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Michaelmas  \Mich"ael*mas\,  n.  [Michael  +  mass  religious  service; 
  OE  Mighelmesse.] 
  The  feat  of  the  archangel  Michael,  a  church  festival, 
  celebrated  on  the  29th  of  September.  Hence  colloquially, 
  autumn. 
 
  {Michaelmas  daisy}.  (Bot.)  See  under  {Daisy}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Michaelmas 
  n  :  honoring  the  archangel  Michael;  a  quarter  day  in  England, 
  Wales,  and  Ireland  [syn:  {Michaelmas},  {Michaelmas  Day}, 
  {September  29}] 




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