So it came to pass that one Michaelmas this Hugo, with five or six of his idle and wicked companions, stole down upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father and brothers being from home, as he well knew.
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Michaelmas
//ˈmɪkəlməs//
Synonyms for "michaelmas" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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18 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- Арахангелов ден name (Christian feast)
Danish
1 entries- mikkelsdag name (Christian feast)
Estonian
1 entries- mihklipäev name (Christian feast)
Faroese
1 entries- mikkjalsmessa name (Christian feast)
Finnish
1 entries- mikkelinpäivä name (Christian feast)
German
4 entries- Michaeli name (Christian feast)
- Michaelis name (Christian feast)
- Michaelistag name (Christian feast)
- Michaelstag name (Christian feast)
Ingrian
1 entries- Mikkeli name (Christian feast)
Irish
1 entries- Lá Fhéile Michíl name (Christian feast)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Mykoli̇̀nės name (Christian feast)
Manx
1 entries- Feaill' Vaayl name (Christian feast)
Middle English
1 entries- Michelmasse name (Christian feast)
Norman
1 entries- Saint Miché name (Christian feast)
Old English
1 entries- Sanct Michaheles mæsse name (Christian feast)
Russian
1 entries- Миха́йлов де́нь name (Christian feast)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Fèill Mìcheil name (Christian feast)
Sample sentences
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To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […]
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