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Criste-mas(se (n.) Also Crist-, Cristen-, Cristin-, Cristes-, Kirsten-, Xp̄es-; -mes(se; (early) Cristes-mæssa(n, -mæsse; (late) Crismas, Crissemasse.

[ OEOld English Crīstes mæsse; also cp. Cristē̆n adj.]

1.

(a) Christmas Day, Dec. 25; (b) the season of Christmas; (c) Christmas festivities.

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2.

(a) In cpds. and combs.: ~ dai, Dec. 25; ~ daies, ~ while, the Christmas season; ~ even, ~ night, Christmas Eve; ~ gamen, sport or prank of the Christmas season; ~ livere, costume appropriate to the Christmas merrymaking; ~ song, a carol; ~ term, Christmas as one of the three (or four) days of the year when certain manorial rents were due; (b) as a surname.

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