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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, when some Christians wear ashes on their forehead as a symbol of penitence. (noun)

An example of Ash Wednesday is the seventh Wednesday before Easter.

See Ash Wednesday in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the first day of Lent and seventh Wednesday before Easter: so called from the practice of putting ashes on the forehead as a sign of penitence

See Ash Wednesday in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ăsh)

noun

The seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality.

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