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yule
/juːl/
name 3intj 1noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
best, full
VERB + YULE
called, celebrate
YULE + NOUN
cat, gnome, pagan
PREP.
with
ADV.
ever, really
Definitions
name
1
Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
2
A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
3
A surname.
intj
1
A proclamation of joy at Christmas.
In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of Yule.
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Synonyms
noun — period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
- christmas
- christmastide
- christmastime
- yuletide
- noel
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.
Wiktionary02
The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
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The Yule Cat is full.
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That was the best Yule ever.
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Tom invited me to celebrate Yule with him and his pagan friends.
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Yule is a pagan holiday.
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