week : Idioms & Phrases


Anniversary week

  • that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. Eastern U. S.
Webster 1913

calendar week

  • noun a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
    week.
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cross-week

Cross"-week` noun
Definitions
  1. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
Webster 1913

day of the week

  • noun any one of the seven days in a week
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each week

  • adverb without missing a week
    each week; hebdomadally; weekly.
    • she visited her aunt weekly
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every week

  • adverb without missing a week
    each week; hebdomadally; weekly.
    • she visited her aunt weekly
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Feast of Weeks

  • noun (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
    Shavuot; Shavuoth; Pentecost; Shabuoth; Shavous.
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  • . See Pentecost, 1.
Webster 1913

Gang week

  • Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. Halliwell.
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holy week

  • noun the week before Easter
    Holy Week.
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passion week

  • noun the week before Easter
    Holy Week.
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Procession week

  • a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. Shipley.
Webster 1913

Prophetic week

  • a week of years, or seven years. Dan. ix. 24.
Webster 1913

rag week

  • noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
    rag.
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Rogation week

  • the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.
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two weeks

  • noun a period of fourteen consecutive days
    fortnight.
    • most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight
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week after week

  • adverb for an indefinite number of successive weeks
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week by week

  • adverb weekly
    • week by week, the betrayal gnawed at his heart
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Week day

  • . See under Day.
Webster 1913

week from monday

  • noun a time period of a week or more
    • a week from Monday will be too soon!
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Week in, week out

  • . See Day in, day out (above).
Webster 1913