Octaemeron

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Octaemeron \Oc`ta*em"e*ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? of
     the eighth day.] (Eccl.)
     A fast of eight days before a great festival. --Shipley.
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