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Brewer's: An Air-ship
A balloon. “Presently a north-easterly current of wind struck the air-ship, and it began to move with great velocity upon a horizontal line.” “Max Adeler: The Captain's MS.” Source:…Brewer's: Gregorian Calendar
One which shows the new and full moon, with the time of Easter and the movable feasts depending thereon. The reformed calendar of the Church of Rome, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. in…Brewer's: Cantate Sunday
Fourth Sunday after Easter. So called from the first word of the introït of the mass: “Sing to the Lord.” Similarly “Laetate Sunday” (the fourth after Lent) is so called from the first…Brewer's: Quarto-Decimans
who, after the decision of the Nicene Council, maintained that Easter ought to be held on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month near the vernal equinox, whether that day fell on a…Brewer's: Quinquagesima Sunday
(Latin, fiftieth). Shrove Sunday, or the first day of the week which contains Ash-Wednesday. It is so called because in round numbers it is the fiftieth day before Easter. Source:…Brewer's: Quadragesima Sunday
The Sunday immediately preceding Lent; so called because it is, in round numbers, the fortieth day before Easter. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Spittle Sermons
Sermons preached formerly at the Spittle in a pulpit erected expressly for the purpose. Subsequently they were preached at Christchurch, City, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Ben Jonson…Brewer's: Sexagesima Sunday
The second Sunday before Lent; so called because in round numbers it is sixty days before Easter. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SextileSex A B C D E…Brewer's: Sicilian Vespers
The massacre of the French in Sicily, which began at the hour of vespers on Easter Monday in 1282. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sick ManSicilian Dishes A…Brewer's: Florida
(U. S. America). In 1512 Ponce de Leon sailed from France to the West in search of “the Fountain of Youth.” He first saw land on Easter Day, and on account of the richness and quantity of…Trending
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