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Meaning of 'ash wednesday' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ash Wednesday
- The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

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ash ash-colored ash-fire ash-furnace ash-oven ashame ashamed ashamedly ashantee ashantees

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