The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferial \Fe"ri*al\, a. [LL. ferialis, fr. L. ferie holidays: cf. F. f['e]rial. See 5th Fair.]
Of or pertaining to holidays. [Obs.]
--J. Gregory.Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.
Ferial \Fe"ri*al\, n. Same as Feria.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to holidays," late 14c., from Old French ferial or directly from Medieval Latin ferialis, from Latin feriae "holidays," during which work and business were suspended and devotions were made (see feast (n.)).
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context ecclesiastical English) pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast 2 pertaining to a holiday n. (context ecclesiastical English) A feria.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or being a feria
Wikipedia
Ferial can be
- An alternative spelling of the Persian girls' name Faryal
- Pertaining to a day in the calendar of ancient Rome when no work was done; see Glossary of ancient Roman religion#feria
- Pertaining to Feria days - days in the calendar of the Catholic Church which are not dedicated to any holy person or event
- An annual festival held at the Teatro Aguascalientes in Mexico
Usage examples of "ferial".
After that, she had only the hood, with its descending dove, and the morse, or clasp, to do, and the whole cope to assemble and line, and she thought that she might have it finished by Christmas, or, at least, by Epiphany, after which, being green, it would be suitable for wear on ferial Sundays.
The man who could best tell her was heard groaning: those objects were obviously ferial, not marital, equipment.
It was a ferial day, and I therefore went to the church at eleven in the morning after making an enormous breakfast.
In the great liners, there were masked balls and the advent of King Jupiter, come to play jovial pranks on neophyte travelers, and even in the meaner ships it was a ferial day.
Pontifex Maximus, was only adding the day of the sun, the worship of which was then firmly established in the Roman Empire, to the other ferial days of the sacred calendar.
In the lessons, as in the psalms, the order for special days breaks in upon the normal order of ferial offices and dislocates the scheme for consecutive reading.