month's mind

English

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Etymology

From Middle English monethes mynde under influence from Medieval Latin dies mensis (“day of the month”) and Old English ġemynd, whose principal sense was "memory".

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Noun

month's mind (plural months' minds)

  1. (Christianity, now chiefly Ireland and Scotland) A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial.

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