In ecclesiastical law . Those days which the ancient fathers called”quatuor tcmpora jejunii” are of great antiquity in the church. They are observed onWednesday, Friday, and Saturday next after Quadragesima Sunday, or the first Sundayin Lent, after Whitsuntide , Ilol.vrood Day, in September, and St. Lucy’s Day, about themiddle of December. Brit. c. 53. Our almanacs call the weeks in which they fall the”Ember Weeks,” and they are now chiefly noticed on account of the ordination ofpriests and deacons; because the canon appoints the Sundays next after the Emberweeks for the solemn times of ordination, though the bishops, If they please, mayordain on any Sunday or holiday. Enc. Lond.
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