Meaning of St. Andrewstide | Babel Free

Definitions

The feast day of Andrew the Apostle, 30 November, or the period around it.

Examples

“Here, too, is enlightenment for readers of those recondite accounts of the Eton Wall Game which appear⟳ in The Times at St. Andrewstide.”

“Although right up to St Andrewstide (30 November) 1075 concord had prevailed […], at Worms the bishops had suddenly and unwarrantedly turned upon the pope.”

“‘Follow⟳ me, and I will make⟳ you fishers of men’. The non-inclusive language unfortunately persists, presumably because of the word play⟳ ‘fishermen’/‘fishers of men’, but nothing could be more inclusive than the celebration of St Andrewstide.”

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