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church calendar

church calendar

1 3.6
A calendar showing Christian holy days, festivals, and fasting times throughout the year
  • noun
translation icon : calendario litúrgico
  • Today, according to the church calendar, is Christ the King Sunday.
  • day in the church calendar

Examples

  • The selections assigned to these tables were chosen to suit observances of the church calendar, to correspond with the readings with which they are collected, or to follow a biblical text in semi-continuous order.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The church calendar highlights important festivals, such as Christmas and Lent.

  • However, I question the introduction into the traditional church calendar of a new season and assigned readings appointed without dialogue.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I’d like to take a few minutes to discuss some... of the upcoming activities on the church calendar.

  • Every year, in accordance with the church calendar, carnaval groups perform in the streets of the musseques and in the avenues of the baixa (the white neighborhood).

    Academic text (2004)
  • According to the church calendar, Easter Sunday is a significant celebration for Christians.

  • Many communities plan their events in line with the church calendar, ensuring they coincide with religious observances.

Synonyms

church year
vschurch calendar
1 5.1

A yearly cycle of seasons and special days that Christians observe, like Christmas and Easter

gives exact dates for those seasons and holidays rather than describing the cycle
ecclesiastical calendar
vschurch calendar
  • Formal
9.9

A plan of the Christian year showing dates of fasts and holy days like Easter

is the common everyday term rather than a more formal phrase
Christian year
vschurch calendar
5.8

A yearly cycle of seasons and festivals in the Christian church that includes Advent and Easter

records the specific dates of those observances rather than the cycle itself

Surface Forms

Morphology

church + calendar

The meaning 'a calendar of the Christian year showing religious observances' is directly derivable from combining 'church' (a Christian institution) with 'calendar' (a list of dates). This noun–noun composition follows a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

The term church calendar comes from the way the church kept a special calendar showing each year's holy days and the times to fast. So today church calendar means 'a calendar of Christian fasts, festivals, and other religious observances'.