English dictionary
feria
/'f/i/r/i//@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
ExamplesIn the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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(in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.
Source: webster1913