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" The Ember days at the four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13. "
Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language - Page 137
by John Walker, Thomas Smith - 1824 - 416 pages
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Liturgiæ recusæ exemplar: the Prayer book as it might be: or, Formularies ...

Richard Bingham - 1863 - 266 pages
...and Thursday in Passion Week, Good Friday, and Easter Even. The Ember Days at the Four Seasons, viz., the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First Sunday in Lent, the Festival of Pentecost, September 14, and December 18. The Three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday,...
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An English primer; compiled under the superintendence of E.C. Lowe

Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...Bishop of Myra, AD 325. The Ember days are fast days before the Bishops hold their Ordinations ; and are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the...Sunday in Lent; the Feast of Pentecost; September 14, Holy Cross Day; and December 13, S. Lucy. Vigils are fast days preceding certain Festivals of which...
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The English Cyclopaedia

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 522 pages
...for fasting are, first, the Forty days in Lent : second, the Ember days at the four seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first...Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14th, and December 13th ; third, the three Rogation days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and AYeduesday...
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 39

1866 - 1016 pages
...Epistle (Joel ii. 12,) and Gospel (S. Matth. vi. 16,) give us directions for fasting. The Ember days are the Wednesday. Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsuntide, after Sept. 14 (the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,) and after Dec. 13 (S. Lucy's...
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The ritual reason why

Charles Walker (of Brighton.) - Church vestments - 1866 - 328 pages
...the four Seasons," as occurring in the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter quarters respectively. They are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. 80. What are these fasts ? — Solemn...
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Arts and Sciences: Or, Fourth Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 5

Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 526 pages
...for fasting are, first, the Forty days in Lent : second, the Ember days at the four seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first...Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 1 -1th, and December 13th ; third, the three Rogation days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday...
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A Collection of Private Devotions for the Hours of Prayer

Books of hours - 1867 - 256 pages
...Abstinence and Devotion. I. The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember Weeks at The Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after The First Sunday in Lent. The Feast of Pentecost. Holy Cross ; September 14. St. Lucy's Day; December 13. SEKVICES FOB SOLEHN DAYS. III. The Three Kogation-Days,...
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The liturgical 'reason why:' a ser. of papers on the principles of the Book ...

Alfred Williams - 1867 - 300 pages
...Elect, the chosen Church, or people of GOD. Elements, the materials used in the Sacraments. Ember-days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The derivation of the name is doubtful...
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The Family Prayer Book, Or, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of ...

Episcopal Church - 1868 - 804 pages
...circumvolution, for the ember weeks return at fixed and certain periods, and are fasts in course. The ember days hings in 14, and December 13. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks ; and the Sundays immediately...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 4

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 856 pages
...days are appointed four times ii the year to be observed as days of fasting am abstinence ; these days are the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after the feast of Pentecost, after the 14th September and after the 13th December. The term 'embering'...
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