Complete Definition of "ferial"

English

Etymology
From Old French férial or mediæval Latin ferialis, from Latin feria.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'f�ɹɪ�l/

Adjective
ferial

  1. ecclesiastical pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast
  2. pertaining to a holiday

#:*1922: In a ferial tone he addressed J. J. O�Molloy: �Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed. � James Joyce, Ulysses

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