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PRONUNCIATION OF EMBER WEEK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBER WEEK

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Ember week is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EMBER WEEK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ember week

Ember days

In the liturgical calendar of the Western Christian churches, Ember days are four separate sets of three days within the same week — specifically, the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday — roughly equidistant in the circuit of the year, that were formerly set aside for fasting and prayer. These days set apart for special prayer and fasting were considered especially suitable for the ordination of clergy. The Ember Days are known in Latin as the quattuor anni tempora, or formerly as the jejunia quattuor temporum.

Definition of Ember week in the English dictionary

The definition of Ember week in the dictionary is a week in which Ember days fall.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMBER WEEK

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Ember days

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMBER WEEK

bob-a-job week
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reading week
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working week
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yesterday week

Synonyms and antonyms of Ember week in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ember week» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

灰烬周
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ember semana
570 millions of speakers

English

Ember week
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंगारा सप्ताह
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأسبوع جذوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ember неделю
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ember semana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এমার সপ্তাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ember semaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ember minggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ember Woche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エンバー週
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엠버 의 주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ember minggu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Ember tuần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வால் வாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एम्बर आठवडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ember haftası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ember settimana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ember tygodniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ember тиждень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

săptămână Ember
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ember εβδομάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ember week
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Ember vecka
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Ember uke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ember week

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBER WEEK»

The term «Ember week» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBER WEEK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ember week

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBER WEEK»

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The British Magazine
G. B. ON THE USE OF THE EMBER-WEEK PRAYERS. To the Editor of the British Magazine. Sir, — I am rather surprised that the rare use of the Ember- Week Prayers has never called forth a remark from any of your correspondents. I may ...
Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1833
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The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
ON THE PRAYERS FOR THE EMBER WEEK. My dear Sir, — In reply to your correspondent " W. G.," I would suggest that both the terms of the rubric and the rationale of the appointment itself require that the prayer for ember week should ...
Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1840
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The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
ON THE PRAYERS FOR THE EMBER WEEK. MY DEAR Sm,--ln reply to your correspondent “ W. G.,” I would suggest that both the terms of the rubric and the rationale of the appointment itself require that the prayer for ember week should ...
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The Christian Observer
I lament with the Ritualist that the Ember-week prayers are so generally omitted : they are beautiful and appropriate, and ought always to be used, especially as many — I believe most — of our bishops are punctual in observing them as the ...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and ...
I lament with the Ritualist that the Ember-week prayers are so generally omitted : they are beautiful and appropriate, and ought always to be used, especially as many — I believe most— of our bishops are punctual in observing them as the ...
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Folk-Etymology
Ember Days, } " So called," says Ember Week, S Bailey, " from a custom anciently of putting Ashes on their heads on those Days, in Token of Humiliation." This custom, however, is quite imaginary, being invented to account for the name.
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The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages : Methodology and ...
It can be seen that the readings on which Gregory preached his Advent sermons form a kind of core for the development of the festal cycle, with three sermons for Sundays of Advent and one sermon for the Saturday of Ember Week.
Margot E. Fassler Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Musicology and Director of the Institute of Sacred Music Yale University, Austin Rebecca A. Baltzer Professor of Musicology University of Texas, 2000
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The Sunday Visitant, Or, Weekly Repository of Christian ...
This ember week in particular, and all the latter pat t of Advent, were formerly observed with very extraordinary devotion, in the exercise of fasting, watch_ ing, praying. and alms deeds. All the faithful betook themselves to God, by a solemn ...
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The book of private devotions: Containing a collection of ...
St. Paul's Conversion, 393,411, 146. K. Charles' Mar. 409, 79, 13. Purification, 409. Ash "Wednesday, 91, 95, 406, 58, 148, 246, 414. Ember week, 20, 86. St. Matthias, 393, 411 Annunciation, 410, 359. Good Friday, 390, 70, 136, 360, &c. 417.
E. BICKERSTETH, 1839
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The Advent Project: The Later-seventh-century Creation of ...
Whether or not Ecce virgo concipiet can be classified as a chant that was originally unique to Wednesday in Advent's Ember week, there can be no doubt of its liturgical appropriateness to the day. And one need do no more than glance at the ...
James W. McKinnon, 2000

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBER WEEK»

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Contemporary Observation of Ember Days
... Days are of ancient tradition, there are Station Churches attached to the Ember Days, each with a different focus on each day of ember week. «Catholic Culture, Sep 14»
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It's the Summer Solstice!
In each Ember Week, the Ember Days were Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Saturdays of the Ember Weeks were also when priests were ... «Patheos, Jun 12»

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