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Ash Wednesday

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The first day of Lent; - so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ash Wednesday'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ash-wednesday.html. 1828.
 
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