hilary term

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

winter semester winter term

Examples

He was thus President in Hilary term 1939; the visiting Leo Amery described him in his diaries as "a pleasant youth". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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