Michaelmas
September saint's day
Michaelmas is the Christian feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, celebrated on September 29th.
In British tradition, it marks one of the quarter days—dates when rents came due and contracts began or ended.
The word persists in institutional contexts: Michaelmas term is the autumn academic term at Oxford, Cambridge, and some law courts.
Payment for temporary use
- tenancyRenter's period of residence
- leaseTemporary use contract
- hiringGiving someone work
- accountsRecords of transactions
harvest · goose · fair · market · Midsummer · settling · payment
Elaborate ceremonial meal
- saintCanonized holy person
- archangelHigh-ranking celestial being
- angelsDivine winged messengers
- harvestGathering mature crops
September · autumn · equinox · blessing · church · service · mass · celebration
Fixed period or word
- semesterHalf academic year
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- TrinityGodhead as three persons
Hilary · enrollment · matriculation · freshers · tutorials · lectures · university · college
rent
Payment for temporary use
accounts · harvest · goose · fair · market · Midsummer · settling · payment
feast
Elaborate ceremonial meal
harvest · September · autumn · equinox · blessing · church · service · mass · celebration · Gabriel
term
Fixed period or word
- semesterHalf academic year
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
Trinity · Hilary · enrollment · matriculation · freshers · tutorials · lectures · university · college
- holidaysEaster, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day, New Year's Day
- European HolidaysEaster Monday, Good Friday, New Year, Epiphany, Pentecost
- church calendarAdvent, Easter Sunday, Lent, Pentecost, Epiphany
- church feastsfeast day, holy day, solemnity, All Saints Day, All Souls Day
- church observancesLent, Good Friday, Advent, Pentecost, Ash Wednesday
- feast daysSt. Patrick's Day, St. Valentine's Day, St. George's Day, St. Andrew's Day, St. Stephen's Day
MichaelmasAnnunciation
Gabriel's announcement to Mary
Easter · Midsummer · Christmas · Midsummer Day · Candlemas
Michaelmasmoveable feast
Celebration with varying date
Easter · Ash Wednesday · Pentecost · Whitsunday · Good Friday
MichaelmasMidsummer
Summer's peak period
vernal equinox · spring planting · May Day · Beltane · summer solstice
Michael, Christmas, Michelangelo, Michelle, Miguel, Mitchell, Mike