Meanings
nounEgg Saturday (plural not attested)
- no pluralChristianityThe Saturday before Ash Wednesday. At the University of Oxford, the pace eggs are provided for the students on that day.
Synonyms: Egg Feast, Festum Ovorum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe Saturday before Ash Wednesday. At the University of Oxford, the pace eggs are provided for the students on that day.
Similar
Egg FeastFestum Ovorum
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APA
Egg Saturday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egg%20Saturday
MLA
“Egg Saturday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egg%20Saturday. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Egg Saturday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Egg%20Saturday.
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