Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus
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Xmas Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
xmas
n : a christian holiday celebrating the birth of christ; a quarter day in england, wales, and ireland [syn: christmas, christmas day, xmas, dec 25]
Noun
1. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
(synonym) Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25
(hypernym) legal holiday, national holiday
(part-holonym) December, Dec
Xmas Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
"Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced , but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation . The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "Mass", while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".
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