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hilary term
CIDE DICTIONARY
hilary term,
Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th. [1913 Webster]
" The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter." Mozley & W.
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
hilary term, n. Brit. the university term beginning in January, esp. at Oxford.
Etymology
Hilarius bishop of Poitiers d. 367, with a festival on 13 Jan.
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