Meaning of PALM SUNDAY
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| Definition: | | [n] Sunday before Easter |
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| See Also: | | Christian holy day | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Palm" Sun`day\ (Eccl.)
The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration
of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the
multitude strewed palm branches in the way.
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| Related Terms: | | Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Ember days, Epiphany, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas, Holy Thursday, Holy Week, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost, Quadragesima, Quadragesima Sunday, Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide, Whit-Tuesday, Whitweek |
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