Twelfth Day
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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English
before 900; Middle English; Old English
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| Twelfth Day | |
| —n | |
| a. Jan 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations | |
| b. (as modifier): Twelfth-Day celebrations | |
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