I. ˈfirēə, ˈfer- noun
( plural feri·as -ēəz ; also feri·ae ˈfirēˌē, ˈferēˌā)
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, festal day, day of the week (as in prima feria Sunday, secunda feria Monday, etc., originally designations for the days of Easter week) — more at fair
: a day of the Roman Catholic or Anglican church calendar other than Sunday on which no feast regularly falls often having a special commemorative office
the Sundays and ferias of Lent
— see greater feria
II. ˈferēə, -r(ˌ)yä noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, fair, market, from Medieval Latin — more at fair
: a market festival in Spain and places affected by Spanish culture often celebrating a local religious holiday (as the day of a town's patron saint) : fair
the annual bullfight at the start of a 3-day feria