A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
Used in a Sentence
michaelmas
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for michaelmas.
Editorial note
Blinkers are not an anachronism, and while Michaelmas may be less widely known than Christmas, it’s certainly still celebrated.
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Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of michaelmas gathered in one view.
(UK, Ireland, law, education) Ellipsis of Michaelmas term. [(law) The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for michaelmas.
noun
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
noun
(UK, Ireland, law, education) Ellipsis of Michaelmas term. [(law) The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.]
Example sentences
Blinkers are not an anachronism, and while Michaelmas may be less widely known than Christmas, it’s certainly still celebrated.
Granted, domain or general knowledge is important in reading comprehension; I kinda know what a megalosaurus is but had no idea what Michaelmas Term was.
Count me among those who have no idea when Michaelmas is, but does it really matter?
The Michaelmas term recently ended, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.
Per Wikipedia, Michaelmas term tends to around in mid-December, not in mid-November.
If you didn't know what Michaelmas was, and couldn't guess from the 'mas' suffix and the word 'term', then you could just Google it.
We're currently in Michaelmas term in schools in the UK.
I suspect that the unfamiliarity with words like Michaelmas was part of the point.
I didn't know Michaelmas Term either and looked it up while I was reading.
It's about students who are literally unable to parse sentence structure and grasp what's being described in a scene—ones who think that Michaelmas Term is the name of a character and that the image of a hypothetical Megolasaurus walking up the street is an actual dinosaur in the scene.
I had to look up Michaelmas (but am glad I did, it's a Christian religious tradition that likely isn't popular today in the US but probably was a bigger deal in Victorian England where they didn't have a quasi-replacement in Thanksgiving).
Quote examples
The definition of “michaelmas term” and “lord chancellor” don’t seem like important parts of that paragraph at all.
Michaelmas Term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall." It seems perfectly reasonable for an average person today to not know what "Michaelmas" is, but otherwise that's a fairly simple sentence.
I suspect a majority of the population has no idea what "Michaelmas term" is.
I'm pretty sure "Michaelmas term" is just a Britishism sill in use today.
Proper noun examples
Michaelmas term refers to both the first academic term of the school year and the start of the legal year in the English courts system.
Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln’s Inn Hall.
Michaelmas Term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln�s Inn Hall.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use michaelmas in a sentence?
Blinkers are not an anachronism, and while Michaelmas may be less widely known than Christmas, it’s certainly still celebrated.
What does michaelmas mean?
A Christian feast celebrated on the 29th of September in honour of the archangel Michael.
What part of speech is michaelmas?
michaelmas is commonly used as noun.