month's mind
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[edit]From Middle English monethes mynde under influence from Medieval Latin dies mensis (“day of the month”) and Old English ġemynd, whose principal sense was "memory".
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[edit]month's mind (plural months' minds)
- (Christianity, now chiefly Ireland and Scotland) A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial.
- Synonyms: month's end, trental
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