ember days

Ember Days. Eccles. law. The days — which the ancient church fathers called quatuor tempora jejunii — that are observed on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following (1) Quadragesima Sunday (the first Sunday in Lent), (2) Whitsuntide, or Holyrood Day, in September, and (3) St. Lucy’s day, about the middle of December. • Almanacs refer to the weeks in which these days fall as Ember Weeks; they are now chiefly noticed because, by tradition, the Sundays following Ember Days are used to ordain priests and deacons, although the canon law allows bishops to ordain on any Sunday or holiday.

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