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Twelfth Day

–noun
the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE
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Twelfth Day   (twělfth)   
n.   Ecclesiastical
Epiphany.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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