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 Definitions of ash wednesday  [ˌɑ ʃʊərˈbɑ niˌpɑl]  

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Definition of 'ash wednesday' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Ash Wednesday
the first day of Lent.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'ash wednesday' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Ash Wednesday
the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
Definition of 'ash wednesday' Webster Dictionary 

1.  ash wednesday
the first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents
Translation of 'ash wednesday' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the first day of Lent.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: Aswoensdag Arabic flag Arabic: إربَعاء الرَّماد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: първият ден на великите п
Brazilian flag Brazilian: Quarta-feira de cinzas Czech flag Czech: Popeleční středa German flag German: Aschermittwoch
Danish flag Danish: askeonsdag Greek flag Greek: Καθαρά Τετάρτη Spanish flag Spanish: Miércoles de Ceniza
Estonian flag Estonian: tuhkapäev Farsi flag Farsi: نخستین روز ماه پرهیز Finnish flag Finnish: tuhkakeskiviikko
Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַיוֹם הַרִאשוֹן שֶל צוֹם Hindi flag Hindi: लेंट का पहला दिन Croatian flag Croatian: Čista srijeda
Hungarian flag Hungarian: hamvazószerda Indonesian flag Indonesian: Rabu Abu Italian flag Italian: le Ceneri, mercoledì dell
Japanese flag Japanese: 聖灰水曜日 Korean flag Korean: 성회일 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: Pelenų diena
Latvian flag Latvian: Pelnu diena Malay flag Malay: hari pertama Lent Dutch flag Dutch: Aswoensdag
Norwegian flag Norwegian: askeonsdag Polish flag Polish: środa popielcowa Persian flag Persian: نخستین روز ماه پرهیز
Pashto flag Pashto: د پرهیز د میاشت لومړی ورځ Russian flag Russian: 1-й день Великого поста Slovak flag Slovak: Popolcová streda
Slovenian flag Slovenian: pepelnična sreda Serbian flag Serbian: Pepeljava sreda (relig.) Thai flag Thai: วันแรกของช่วงเวลาถือบวชใน
Turkish flag Turkish: Büyük Perhiz'in ilk günü Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 聖灰星期三(天主教四旬期首日) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: попільна середа
Urdu flag Urdu: ایسٹر سے پہلے والا بھ وار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngày đầu tiên của tuần ch Chinese flag Chinese: 圣灰节（复活节前的第七个星期三），四旬节的第一天

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