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| annunciation |
(cap.) the angel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary of Jesus Christ's incarnation, or the Christian celebration of this on March 25. [1/2 definitions] |
| Anschluss |
the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March, 1938. |
| Aries |
the first sign of the zodiac, the Ram, which the sun enters about March 21. [2/3 definitions] |
| Bloody Sunday |
March 7, 1965, the day on which American civil rights activists, led by John Lewis and others, marched onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and were beaten and tear-gassed by waiting police officers and deputies on the other side. |
| cakewalk |
an amusement at a carnival or fair, wherein people march to music and compete for the prize of cake. [1/5 definitions] |
| Commonwealth Day |
in much of the British Commonwealth, the second Monday in March, when the Commonwealth is recognized. |
| countermarch |
a march back over the same route. [1/3 definitions] |
| dead march |
a slow, solemn piece of music, esp. a march played during a funeral procession. |
| defile2 |
a march in a line or in columns. [2/3 definitions] |
| Easter |
a Christian holiday to celebrate that Jesus Christ returned to life after he died. Easter is held every spring on the Sunday after the first full moon between March 21 and April 25. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| file1 |
to march in a line. [1/6 definitions] |
| half step |
a march step that is fifteen inches long in quick time and eighteen inches in double time. [1/2 definitions] |
| ides |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) in the ancient Roman calendar, the fifteenth day of the months March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of all other months. |
| Ides of March |
March 15 on the Roman calendar, on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. |
| John Lewis |
American civil rights activist and U.S. Congress member from Georgia, who led, among other marches and demonstrations, the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965, which galvanized the nation and quickened the passage of the Voting Rights Act (b. 1940--d. 2020). |
| Mar. |
abbreviation of "March." |
| March |
the third month of the year. March has thirty-one days. Spring begins in March for people who live north of the equator. |
| march |
to cause to march. [1/11 definitions] |
| Nisan |
the seventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late March through early April in the Gregorian calendar. |
| nones |
in the ancient Roman calendar, the ninth day before the ides of each month, such as March 7, the ninth day before March 15. |
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