fast day

Example Sentences

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They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples.

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2021

They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

Adams’ 1798 fast day proclamation was a conventional expression of New England political culture.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2017

Tuesday was a fast day, so Saidy and dozens of others sat behind empty food trays at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, talking about why they were not eating.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2015

Vigil, vij′il, n. watching: keeping awake for religious exercises: the eve before a feast or fast day, originally kept by watching through the night.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various