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Feb. 2
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candlemas
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Candlemas is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple . It falls on February 2, which is the 40th day of the Christmas / Epiphany period.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Candlemas \Can"dle*mas\, n. [AS. candelm[ae]sse, candel candle + m[ae]sse mass.] The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are ...
Usage examples of candlemas.
Two wizards blathered apologies to Candlemas while two maids undressed him.
Mistrusting magic, Sunbright had unsheathed his sword before Candlemas could invoke the shift spell.
Before Candlemas even recognized the threat, Sunbright had attacked half a dozen marauders.
Sunbright was hard-pressed to beat them back, both from himself and from the chunky Candlemas, whom the barbarian considered helpless.
Kneeling under the table, crushing a crystal goblet with his bare knee, Candlemas was not helpless, but neither was he happy.
But Candlemas yelled as another insect tore into his robe at the shoulder, seeking sweet meat and rich red blood.
Sliding on his knees under the far side of the table, Candlemas clambered up, shoving the empty hulls of dead insects away.
If Candlemas had a fault, he knew too much and became paralyzed trying to choose.
Even now one skipped away from Sunbright to leap at Candlemas, and the wizard found himself stepping away from the threat.
Invoking Kozah, the Storm Lord, Candlemas shot his sleeves, locked his fingers, and conjured.
It would die shortly, Candlemas knew, but he skipped backward, for those living claws could still rip.
His hands locked under him still retained magic, and Candlemas felt ice frost his rough smock and belly.
A gutty grunt answered, and Candlemas saw a big iron-ringed boot sail by.
Sunbright leaned close, and Candlemas reflected even his smell was wild: wood smoke, pine sap, and musk.
A dark, dumpy, bearded, balding, paunchy man, Candlemas knew he was no beauty, and took little regard of his looks.