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Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. The name comes from the Old English wodnesdæg meaning " Woden's day". The astrological sign of the planet Mercury represents Wednesday, which was dies mercurii to the Romans. In English, this became Woden's Day, since the Roman god Mercury was identified with Woden in northern Europe.When Sunday is taken as the first of the week, the day in the middle of the following week is Wednesday. Correspondingly, the German name for Wednesday has been Mittwoch (literally: "mid-week") since the 10th Century, having displaced the original name: Wochentag.
Wednesday is also in the middle of the common working week from Monday through Friday. However, see also Thursday and ISO 8601.
In the popular rhyme, "Wednesday's Child is full of woe".
In Spanish, miércoles is used to mean Wednesday, but also as a semi-rude euphemism for never ever.
An English language idiomAn idiom is an expression whose meaning is not compositional — that is, whose meaning does not follow from the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed. For example, the English phrase to kick the bucket means to die''. A listener knowing t for Wednesday is "hump day", a reference to making it through the middle of work week as getting "over the hump".
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- Ash WednesdayIn the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. It occurs forty days before Easter not counting Sundays (which are not included in Lent); it occurs forty-four days before Good Friday counting Sundays. Its placement varies each y, the first day of LentIn Western Christianity, Lent is the period preceding the Christian holy day of Easter. Eastern Christianity calls this period Great Lent, to distinguish it from the Winter Lent (or Advent) that precedes Christmas. The remainder of this article will discu, occurs forty days before EasterEaster is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at not counting Sundays.
- Spy Wednesday is an old name given to the Wednesday immediately preceding EasterEaster is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at, in allusion to the betrayal of JesusImages of Jesus in which a halo is used to represent divinity. 6 4 BCE to c. 29 33 CE) is the central figure in Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from the Hebrew Yehošua , and Greek Chi;ριστ&sigmaf Chris by Judas IscariotJudas Iscariot (died April, AD 29 33, Aramaic Yhuh Iš-qriyy was one of Jesus's twelve original disciples (compare apostles). Traditional Christian views Judas is mentioned only in the Gospels and at the beginning of Acts. According to the account gi.
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