#religious_holiday__religiousholiday__holy_day  a day specified for religious observance
  supertype:  #holiday  a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
  part of:  #church_year
  subtype:  #fast_day  a day designated for fasting
  subtype:  #feast_day__feastday__fete_day  a day designated for feasting
  subtype:  #Christian_holy_day  a religious holiday for Christians
     subtype:  #quarter_day__quarterday  a Christian holy day; (Britain) one of four specified days when certain payments are due
        subtype:  #Martinmas__St_Martin's_Day__November_11  the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
        subtype:  #Annunciation_Day__Annunciation__Lady_Day__March_25  a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
        subtype:  #Michaelmas_Day__Michaelmas__September_29  honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
        subtype:  #Candlemas_Day__Candlemas__Feb_2  feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
        subtype:  #Lammas_Day__Lammas__August_1  commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
        subtype:  #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25  a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
        subtype:  #Midsummer_Day__Midsummer's_Day__St_John's_Day__June_24  a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
        subtype:  #Pentecost__Whitsunday  seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
     subtype:  #holy_day_of_obligation  a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
        subtype:  #Solemnity_of_Mary__January_1  (Roman Catholic) a holy day of obligation
        subtype:  #Ascension_of_the_Lord__Ascension__Ascension_Day  the 40th day after Easter; celebrates the Ascension of Christ into heaven
        subtype:  #Assumption_of_Mary__Assumption__August_15  celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended
        subtype:  #All_Saints'_Day__Allhallows__November_1__Hallowmas__Hallowmass  a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
        subtype:  #December_8__Immaculate_Conception  Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
        subtype:  #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25  a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
     subtype:  #Saint_Agnes's_Eve__January_20  a Christian holy day
     subtype:  #Easter_Sunday__Easter_Day  the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
     subtype:  #Palm_Sunday  Sunday before Easter
     subtype:  #Passion_Sunday  second Sunday before Easter
     subtype:  #Good_Friday  Friday before Easter
     subtype:  #Low_Sunday  the Sunday following Easter
     subtype:  #Holy_Saturday  the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
     subtype:  #Holy_Innocents'_Day__Innocents'_Day  December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
     subtype:  #Septuagesima_Sunday__Septuagesima  the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)
     subtype:  #Quinquagesima_Sunday__Quinquagesima  the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
     subtype:  #Quadragesima__Quadrigesima_Sunday  the first Sunday in Lent
     subtype:  #Trinity_Sunday  eighth Sunday after Easter
     subtype:  #Rogation_Day  one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
     subtype:  #Maundy_Thursday__Holy_Thursday  the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
     subtype:  #Corpus_Christi.Christian_holy_day__corpuschristi  Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
     subtype:  #Saints_Peter_and_Paul__June_29  first celebrated in the 3rd century
     subtype:  #Epiphany_of_Our_Lord__Epiphany__Twelfth_day__Three_Kings'_Day__January_6  twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
     subtype:  #Saint_Joseph__St_Joseph__March_19  a Christian holy day
     subtype:  #Twelfth_night  eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
     subtype:  #All_Souls'_Day__November_2  a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
     subtype:  #Ash_Wednesday  the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
     subtype:  #Ember_Day  a day set aside for fasting and prayer
     subtype:  #Advent_Sunday  the first of four Sundays of Advent
     subtype:  #Mardi_Gras__Shrove_Tuesday__pancake_day  the last day before Lent
  subtype:  #Jewish_holy_day  a religious holiday for Jews
     subtype:  #Rosh_Hodesh__Rosh_Chodesh  (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy
     subtype:  #high_holy_day__high_holiday  Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
        subtype:  #Rosh_Hashanah__Rosh_Hashana__Rosh_Hashonah__Rosh_Hashona__Jewish_New_Year  (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
        subtype:  #Yom_Kippur__Day_of_Atonement  (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law
     subtype:  #Purim  (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
     subtype:  #Succos__Sukkoth__Feast_of_Booths__Feast_of_Tabernacles__Tabernacles  (Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
     subtype:  #Shavous__Shabuoth__Shavuoth__Shavuot__Pentecost__Feast_of_Weeks  (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
     subtype:  #Shimchath_Torah__Simchat_Torah__Simhath_Torah__Simhat_Torah__Simchas_Torah__Rejoicing_over_the_Law__Rejoicing_of_the_Law__Rejoicing_in_the_Law  (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
     subtype:  #Tishah_b'Av__Tishah_b'Ab__Tisha_b'Av__Tisha_b'Ab__Ninth_of_Av__Ninth_of_Ab__Fast_of_Av__Fast_of_Ab  (Judaism) a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
     subtype:  #Hanukkah__Hanukah__Chanukah__Festival_of_Lights__Feast_of_Lights__Feast_of_Dedication__Feast_of_the_Dedication__feastofthededication  (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem
     subtype:  #Lag_b'Omer  (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
  subtype:  #movable_feast__moveable_feast  a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
     subtype:  #Easter  a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
        subtype:  #Pasch__Pascha  an archaic name for Easter or Passover
     subtype:  #Passover__Pesach__Pesah__Feast_of_the_Unleavened_Bread  (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
        subtype:  #Pasch__Pascha  an archaic name for Easter or Passover

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