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n. - (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint; A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated.

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  • 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...
  • Today the term feria is used to denote the days of the week with the exception of Sunday and Saturday.
  • FYI, the "perya" is the annual fair, in Spanish "feria," (often held during the Christmas season).
  • The old use of the word feria, for feast day, is lost, except in the derivative feriatio, which is equivalent to our of obligation.
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