Stir-up Sunday

proper noun

The last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. informalAnglicanismThe last Sunday before the season of Advent, on which families traditionally gather in their kitchens to prepare Christmas pudding.

Origin

From the opening words of the collect for the 25th Sunday after Trinity in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and later (a translation of the Roman Missal's collect "Excita, quæsumus"): "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people..."

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APA

Stir-up Sunday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stir-up%20Sunday

MLA

“Stir-up Sunday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stir-up%20Sunday. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stir-up Sunday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stir-up%20Sunday.

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