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What (who) is michaelmas - definition
CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL
Michaelmas Day; Michelmas; Michael and All Angels; Feast of Michaelmas; Feast of Michel; Feast of Michael; Feast of Ss. Michael; Feast of Ss Michael; Feast of Michael and All Angels; Feast of Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; Feast of Ss Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; Feast of Ss. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael; Feast of Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael; Feast of St. Michael; Feast of St Michael; Michaelmas day; Feast of the Archangels; The Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels; Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels; The Feast of the Archangels; The Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel; Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel; Michaelmas Bannock; Struan Michael; St. Michael's Day; Old Michaelmas Day; Feast of Archangels; Saint Michael's Day
![[[Saint Michael]] defeats the Dragon, from a 12th-century [[manuscript]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BL Harley 624, f. 134v - Michael and the dragon.jpg?width=200 "[[Saint Michael]] defeats the Dragon, from a 12th-century [[manuscript]].")
![[[Blue Mass]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Police Week Blue Mass 2013 (8739367386).jpg?width=200 "[[Blue Mass]]")
Michaelmas
·noun The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.
michaelmas
n.
Feast of St. Michael, September 29.
Michaelmas
['m?k(?)lm?s]
¦ noun the feast of St Michael, 29 September.
Origin
OE Sanct Michaeles m?sse 'Saint Michael's Mass', referring to the Archangel.
Wikipedia
Michaelmas
Michaelmas ( MIK-əl-məs; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern tradition. Michaelmas has been one of the four quarter days of the English and Irish financial, judicial, and academic year.
In Christian angelology, the Archangel Michael is the greatest of all the angels; he is particularly honored for defeating Lucifer in the war in heaven.
Examples of use of michaelmas
1. Lady Day approaches which, like Michaelmas, is when farm tenancies traditionally terminate or begin.
2. "If it is in outside areas the porters wash it away but more often than not it‘s in communal areas and that‘s cleaned by contract cleaners." Domestic bursar Ian Herd said the incidents of vomit had occurred in the Michaelmas term – the first of the academic year – when excited new students descend on the university.
3. What was voted Britain‘s most ridiculous law? a) That you cannot prod a badger with a marrow between Whitsun and Michaelmas b) That it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament c) That London taxi drivers must accept potatoes as a form of payment d) The smoking ban 25.