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Epiphany
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tags: [christianity]
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Definition:refers to January 6, the day Jesus ostensibly appeared before the three Magi
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ON THE THIRD DAY after Christmas Nicholas dined at home, a thing he had rarely done of late. It was a grand farewell dinner, as he and Denisov were leaving to join their regiment after Epiphany. About twenty people were present, including Dolokhov and Denisov.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace.
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Blomkvist kept reading until the small hours and did not get up until late on Epiphany Day.
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.169 (2009)
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Epiphany morning comes. The precincts of the church and both banks of the river for a long distance are swarming with people.
Anton Chekhov. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
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