Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday

Singular
Ash Wednesday

Plural
Ash Wednesdays

Ash Wednesday (plural Ash Wednesdays)

A Christian day of penitence, the first day of Lent. It is a movable feast which takes place 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays).

[edit] Translations

a Christian day of penitence

Dutch: Aswoensdag nl(nl) m.
Finnish: tuhkakeskiviikko fi(fi)
French: mercredi des Cendres fr(fr)
German: Aschermittwoch de(de) m.
Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα el(el) (Kathará Deftéra) f. "Clean Monday"

Hungarian: hamvazószerda hu(hu)
Italian: Mercoledì delle Ceneri it(it) m.
Maltese: l-Erbgħa ta' l-Irmied, Ras ir-Randan
Swedish: askonsdag sv(sv) c.

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