quarter-day

quarter-day:

1. Expr. by the specific date in each case: Lady-day (March 25), *dies annunciationis (med. Lat.), or a. d. VIII. Kal. April.: Mid-*summer-day (June 24), *dies summae or mediae aestatis (v. MIDSUMMER), *d. S. Johannis Baptistae, or a. d. VIII. Kal. Jul.: Michaelmas-day (Sept. 29), *dies S. Michaelis, or a. d. III. Kal. Octobr.: Christmas-day (Dec. 25), *(Christi, expr. or und.) dies natalis: *(Domini) natalitia: a. d. VIII. Kal. Jan.

2. perh. as gen. term: *dies (terminus) trimestris: v. TERM.