What is the meaning of feria?

noun

  • A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated.
    • usage: "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to mean an ordinary weekday"
  • In Spanish speaking regions. ( a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint).
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