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Collop-Monday

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is a name for the Monday after Quinquagesima Sunday; so called because on that day the faithful began to leave off the use of flesh-meat "collop" being a name descriptive of a piece of meat or flesh.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Collop-Monday'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/collop-monday.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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