Meanings
plural Lady Days · alternative Lady-day · alternative Ladyday
- 25th March, an English quarter day.
- 25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years.
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 173
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishleafdi dei
- Middle Englishleafdi dei
- EnglishLady Day
Inherited from Middle English leafdi dei.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Благовещение
- Благовещение (Blagoveštenie)the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Swedish Jungfru Marie bebådelsedag, Marie bebådelsedag
- Jungfru Marie bebådelsedagthe Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
- Marie bebådelsedagthe Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
- vårfrudagenthe Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
- våffeldagenthe Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
Cite this entry
Lady Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Day
“Lady Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lady Day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lady%20Day.
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