English Explanatory Dictionary

Twelve Days of Christmas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
  2. An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas

Synonyms

Christmas season Christmastide Christmas time Twelvetide

Related words

Advent Epiphany
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