NOUN
- the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
How To Use Ash Wednesday In A Sentence
- It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
- After Ash Wednesday services, our foreheads were clean as soon as we got home.
- Thus Ash Wednesday helps worshiping believers confront our sinful nature as we recall our mortality.
- The party finishes on Ash Wednesday, and J'Ouvert on the preceding Thursday night signals the beginning of the real, hard-core bacchanal.
- Think of foot washing this way: just as we wear ashes on our heads to produce repentance on Ash Wednesday, so we wash feet on Maundy Thursday to inspire humility and service.
- She always checked that I wore what she called a boutonniere, and that I had ash on my forehead on Ash Wednesday. Home/News
- From Ash Wednesday until Easter Day they keep xerophagy except on Saturdays and Sundays, when milk diet is allowed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- From archy comes a link to this little gem of biblical scholarship: DENVER -- A billboard unveiled on Ash Wednesday, the same day that a controversial movie depicting the last hours of Jesus Christ premiered, is sparking criticism from people of all faiths. February 2004
- My wife and I attended a noon Ash Wednesday service of communion and imposition of ashes.
- This Ash Wednesday text by Brian Wren invokes the Holy Spirit to help us through this time of penitence and self-examination.
