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Ash Wednesday
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.