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Saint Agnes's Eve

[ag-ni-siz]
–noun
the night of January 20, superstitiously regarded as a time when a young woman who performs certain rites is likely to dream of her future husband.
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Saint Ag·nes' Eve   (āg'nĭs, -nĭ-sĭz)   
n.  January 20th, considered especially in the British Isles to be the night on which young women dream of their future husbands.
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