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The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. Ash Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary.

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.

Derby Day, the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide.

A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [Eng.]

, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.

ecially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. -- Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.

The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.

rating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy.

The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.

A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.