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Feria   /fˈɛriə/   Listen
Feria

noun
(pl. feriae)
1.
A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated.
2.
(in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint.



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"Feria" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dato, Patricio Florentino," the MS. is headed "Carolo Dato, Patricio Florentino, Joannes Miltonius, Londinensis, S.P.D." Again, at the close, instead of the printed dating "Londino, Aprilis 21, 1647," the MS. presents the dating "Londini: Pascatis feria tertia, MDCXLVII," ("London: the third feast day of Easter, 1647.") On this Mr. Marsh, in a note to me, remarks ingeniously, "Dating from the feast-day, according to the Roman Catholic usage, in writing to an Italian friend, indicates a tolerance ...
— The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 • David Masson


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