Michaelmas Definition

mĭkəl-məs
noun
The feast of the archangel Michael, September 29
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • michaelmas-day
  • September 29

Other Word Forms of Michaelmas

Noun

Singular:
Michaelmas
Plural:
michaelmases

Origin of Michaelmas

  • Middle English mychelmesse from Old English (Sanct) Michaeles mæsse (Saint) Michael's mass Michaeles genitive of Michael the archangel Michael mæsse Mass Mass

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Michaelmas Sentence Examples

  • The fallow received a third ploughing in September, and was sown about Michaelmas.

  • Here he seems to have been so much impressed with Waynflete, that at Michaelmas, 1441, Waynflete ceased to be headmaster of Winchester.

  • The market is still held on Wednesdays, and in 1792 the Michaelmas fair and another on May-day were in existence.

  • A weekly market was granted, two fairs yearly at Whitsuntide and Michaelmas, and many other privileges.

  • Of these Reports he published altogether four volumes, with learned notes; they extend from Michaelmas 1807 to Hilary 1816.

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