Candlemas

 [kan-dl-muhs, -mas]  

Can·dle·mas

   [kan-dl-muhs, -mas]
noun
a church festival, February 2, in honor of the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary: candles are blessed on this day.
Also called Candlemas Day.

Origin:
before 1050; Middle English candelmasse, Old English candelmæsse. See candle, -mas
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Candlemas (ˈkændəlməs)
 
—n
Christianity Feb 2, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple: the day on which the church candles are blessed. In Scotland it is one of the four quarter days

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