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fe⋅ri⋅a

[feer-ee-uh]
–noun, plural fe⋅ri⋅ae [feer-ee-ee] , fe⋅ri⋅as.
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.

Origin:
1850–55; < LL: day of the week (e.g. secunda fēria second day, Monday); in L only pl. fēriae holidays; see fair 2


fe⋅ri⋅al, adjective

fe⋅ria

[fe-ryah; Eng. fer-ee-uh]
–noun, plural fe⋅rias [fe-ryahs; Eng. fer-ee-uhz] . Spanish.
a local festival or fair in Spain or Spanish America, usually held in honor of a patron saint.
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fe·ri·a   (fîr'ē-ə, fěr'-)   
n.   pl. fe·ri·as or fe·ri·ae (-ē-ē')
A weekday on a church calendar on which no feast is observed.

[Medieval Latin fēria, ordinary day, weekday, from Late Latin, feast day (used with ordinals to name the days of the week), from Latin fēriae, religious festival, holidays; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.]
fe'ri·al adj.
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