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Meaning of Michaelmas | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈmɪkəlməs

Definitions

  1. A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
  2. Ellipsis of Michaelmas term.
    Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Deutsch Michaeli Michaelis Michaelistag Michaelstag
Suomi mikkeli mikkelinpäivä
Gaeilge Lá Fhéile Michíl
Lietuvių Mykolinės
Русский Миха́йлов де́нь

Examples

“To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Michaelmas blackbird Michaelmas daisy Michaelmas term Michaelmasse Michaelmastide Michaels

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