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May devotions

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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Interviewer: (laughs) So, um, what- did you guys go to church often, or- Speaker: We did. Like, every Sunday we'd go and then in May would be the May dev-- devotions. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: I think on Wednesdays and Fridays were May devotions, so we would come to school, walk home, have supper, do the chores and then walk back to church for the devotion and walk back home.
Special Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church during the month of May honoring the Virgin Mary as "the Queen of May".
Speaker: Services and things during Lent. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: That we went to. Interviewer: Was there a favourite part you had? Speaker: I remember the May devotions. ... Because it was May then and it was nicer. It would be nice to go out, like, walk most of the time.
Special Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church during the month of May honoring the Virgin Mary as "the Queen of May".