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Ember days
Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.

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- Ember days (quarter tense in Ireland) are quarterly periods of prayer and fasting in the liturgical calendar of Western Christian churches. The term is...
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