Great Week

noun

, Eastern Church.

1. Holy Week.

Great Week

noun

1. Eastern Churches the week preceding Easter, the equivalent of Holy Week in the Western Church

Word History and Origins

Origin of Great Week¹

1650–60; translation of Late Greek megalḗ hebdomás

Example Sentences

In the war for disaffected users of the platform once known as Twitter, Bluesky has had a great week.

From Slate

It has not been a great week for Brighton, who threw victory away against Wolves last weekend, conceding a 93rd minute equaliser, then lost at home to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

From BBC

“We had a great week of practice and it showed. Hopefully this is a stepping stone for us to go 1-0 every week. That’s what we want to do.”

From Los Angeles Times

Playing alongside Rose, Scotland's Robert MacIntyre failed to fire, although he closed with a superb eagle to post a 70 and 13 under total to cap a great week.

From BBC

Okay, I was having a great week, no doubt about it.

From Literature