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Ash Wednesday

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Ash Wednesday

▶noun the first day of Lent in the Western Christian Church, marked by services of penitence.

– origin from the custom of marking the foreheads of penitents with ashes on that day.

'Ash Wednesday' also found in these Oxford entries:

commination - Lent - Shrove Tuesday

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