on+the+eve

  • 21Eve of a Feast — • In the first ages, during the night before every feast, a vigil was kept. In the evening the faithful assembled in the place or church where the feast was to be celebrated and prepared themselves by prayers, readings from Holy Writ (now the… …

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  • 22The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) — The Twelve Days of Christmas Roud #68 Music by Traditional with additions by Frederic Austin Published c. 1780 Language English; may be French in origin Form Cumulative song The Twelve Days of Christmas is an English Christmas carol that… …

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  • 23Eve — ([=e]v), n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as …

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  • 24Eve churr — Eve Eve ([=e]v), n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at… …

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  • 25The Dybbuk (play) — The Dybbuk , or Between Two Worlds (Yid. דער דיבוק אדער צווישן צוויי וועלטן) is a 1914 play by S. Ansky, relating the story of a young bride possessed by a dybbuk mdash; a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead… …

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  • 26Eve Grave — The Eve Grave is an archeological site located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (coord|21|29|31|N|39|11|24|E). According to local folklore, it is the burial place of the Biblical Eve of the Abrahamic faiths. The site was sealed with concrete by the… …

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  • 27eve — [i:v] n [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: even evening (11 21 centuries), from Old English Afen; EVENING] 1.) [C usually singular] the night or day before an important day eve of ▪ on the eve of the election ▪ We re arriving on Christmas Eve . ▪ a New… …

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  • 28The Real Eve — known as Where We Came From in the United Kingdom, is a 2002 documentary based on the book Out of Eden , by geneticist Stephen Oppenheimer. The documentary was produced by the American cable TV network the Discovery Channel and was directed by A …

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  • 29eve — [ iv ] noun count LITERARY an evening on the eve of something on the day before an important event, or during the period of time just before it => CHRISTMAS EVE, NEW YEAR S EVE …

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  • 30Eve Arden — in einer Sendung des Armed Forces Radio Service, ca. 1940 Eve Arden (eigentlich Eunice Quedens, * 30. April 1908 in Mill Valley, Kalifornien; † 12. November 1990 in Los Angeles) war eine US amerikanische Schauspielerin. Arden spielte ab den… …

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