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  • 41Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel —     Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel     Records dating from the reign of Paul II (1464 71) relate that the picture of Our Lady, at first called La Madonna del Paradiso and now… …

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  • 42Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ —     Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ     Observed on August 6 to commemorate the manifestation of the Divine glory recorded by St. Matthew (Chapter 17).     Origin. The… …

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  • 43Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ —     Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ     In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besançon by Otto de La Roche, and… …

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  • 44Feast of Orthodoxy —     Feast of Orthodoxy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Orthodoxy     (or SUNDAY)     The first Sunday of the Great Forty days (Lent) in the Byzantine Calendar (sixth Sunday before Easter), kept in memory of the final defeat of Iconoclasm… …

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  • 45Feast of the Most Precious Blood —     Feast of the Most Precious Blood     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Most Precious Blood     For many dioceses there are two days to which the Office of the Precious Blood has been assigned, the office being in both cases the same. The …

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  • 46feast — ► NOUN 1) a large meal, especially a celebratory one. 2) an annual religious celebration. 3) a day dedicated to a particular saint. ► VERB 1) have a feast. 2) (feast on) eat large quantities of …

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  • 47feast your eyes on someone — feast (your) eyes on (someone/something) to look at someone or something with pleasure. We spent one whole day feasting our eyes on paintings I never thought I d have the chance to see. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a feast for the eyes …

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  • 48feast your eyes on something — feast (your) eyes on (someone/something) to look at someone or something with pleasure. We spent one whole day feasting our eyes on paintings I never thought I d have the chance to see. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a feast for the eyes …

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  • 49feast your eyes on — feast (your) eyes on (someone/something) to look at someone or something with pleasure. We spent one whole day feasting our eyes on paintings I never thought I d have the chance to see. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a feast for the eyes …

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  • 50feast eyes on someone — feast (your) eyes on (someone/something) to look at someone or something with pleasure. We spent one whole day feasting our eyes on paintings I never thought I d have the chance to see. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form a feast for the eyes …

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