The Octave of a Feast
Tmo octia\e of a feast is the period of eight (days assigned for its celebration during which is rqpeatdd every day a part of the office of tiie feast, as the hyiryns, antiphons, or \erses, with c*ne or several lessi/ns referring to the s-übject. On the eightlh id'ay, tflie octave proi^eily speaking, the office is more solemn tjiian that of Uhe precodm^ days. General I v the miost siolenui foasits, li'kc Christmas, Easter, Pcntecoslt, Ctorpus CHiristi, tho feast of the patron saint, are accompa'niad by an octave.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 29 December 1904, Page 31
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92The Octave of a Feast New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 29 December 1904, Page 31
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