Ember day

noun

any of the days in the quarterly three-day period of prayer and fasting (the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after Sept. 14, and after Dec. 13) observed in the Roman Catholic Church and other Western churches.

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Word History and Origins

before 1050; Middle English ymber day, Old English �⳾��Ի�æ��, plural -dagas, equivalent to ymbryne recurrence ( ymb ( e ) around + ryne a running) + ��æ�� day

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But the Taj Mahal, of course, is a tomb, and behind the Stone front ember day came as well.

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