Mothering sunday in Hindi
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The meaning of “mothering sunday” in Hindi is मातृदिवस, pronounced mataRadivas — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
The fourth Sunday of Lent, three Sundays before Easter, now especially as a day to honor one's mother.
From the former British custom of visiting mother churches (q.v.) at Mid-Lent, which by the English Civil War had passed on to servants receiving leave to go a-mothering, visiting and providing small gifts to their families. Revived as a national tradition in the early 20th century after the model of Mother's Day in the United States.
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