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Twelfth Day
noun
- the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
Twelfth Day
noun
- Jan 6, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations
- ( as modifier )
Twelfth-Day celebrations
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Twelfth Day1
before 900; Middle English; Old English
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Example Sentences
The Twelfth Day of Christmas photo will be up on Christmas morning, a gift to everyone from folks who really know how to Ho!
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The twelfth day after we had crossed over the river from Luxemburg found us marching into Coblenz.
From Project Gutenberg
They got to their ground, with the simultaneousness appointed, on the eleventh or twelfth day.
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It is noticed most frequently about the twelfth day after operation.
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It was now with him, as was known afterwards, the twelfth day of the fever.
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I have had it ever since Twelfth Day, and kept it all the time for you.
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