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 feria feria /ˈfɛriːə/

noun

  1. (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint  ( feria )
    (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
     The town was vibrant and lively during the annual feria, celebrating their patron saint.
    The town was vibrant and lively during the annual feria, celebrating their patron saint.
  2. A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated  ( feria )
    a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated
     In the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary wee
    in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary wee