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# christmastide

noun (old use, in fairy tales and old stories)

«christmastide» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the great feasts and family gatherings held at Christmas

### Examples

- At Christmastide the whole village gathered for a feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/#x1)
- Christmastide was a time of song and good food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/#x2)
- The brothers came home for Christmastide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «christmastide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«christmastide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christmastide.html) on Mova free.