Spy Wednesday

noun

1. (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin

Example Sentences

Thus dawned the Wednesday before Easter, or as the Irish sometimes called it, Spy Wednesday — for the day Judas betrayed Jesus.

From New York Times

Spy Wednesday, so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas, or the day on which he made the bargain to deliver him into the hands of his enemies for thirty pieces of silver.

From Project Gutenberg

Last week ten members of the Jesuit, Dominican, Franciscan and other orders were sentenced�on Spy Wednesday*� on the usual Red charges of espionage and conspiracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spy Wednesday, its meaning, 511.

From Project Gutenberg