holytide

[ hoh-lee-tahyd ]

noun

1. a time of religious observances.

Word History and Origins

Origin of holytide¹

before 1100; Middle English holi tid, Old English hālig tīd. See holy, tide ¹

Example Sentences

All brave in arms, well trained to wield 60 The heavy halberd, brand, and shield;note In camps licentious, wild and bold; In pillage fierce and uncontrolled; And now, by holytide and feast, From rules of discipline released.

From Project Gutenberg

He attended his master at holytide, partly in the character of a domestic, or guardian, should there be cause for his interference; but it was not difficult to discern, by the earnest attention which he paid to Catharine Glover, that it was to her, rather than to her father, that he desired to dedicate his good offices.

From Project Gutenberg

Dorothy had no sooner possessed herself of a slight packet of the rumours which were flying abroad than she bounced into her master's bedroom, who had taken the privilege of age and the holytide to sleep longer than usual.

From Project Gutenberg

The wren, to seek for which used to be the sport dedicated to the holytide, was left unpursued and unslain.

From Project Gutenberg

All brave in arms, well trained to wield The heavy halberd, brand, and shield; In camps licentious, wild, and bold; In pillage fierce and uncontrolled; And now, by holytide and feast, From rules of discipline released.

From Project Gutenberg