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noun
A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: month's end, trental
Antonyms: none provided
History
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".
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
