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# christmastide

«christmastide» in Mova's school dictionary: **The time of the Christmas season, the days around…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «christmastide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christmastide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.