Obs. Also 6 Christyde, 6–7 -tide, 7 -tid. [f. CHRIST + TIDE sb.] Christmas.

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1589.  R. Harvey, Pl. Perc. (1860), 36. I haue such hast of my worke against Christide.

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c. 1630.  Risdon, Surv. Devon, § 342 (1811), 352. From September until Christide.

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1641.  W. Cartwright, Ordinary, IV. v. Let Christ-tide be thy fast, And Lent thy good repast.

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1656.  N. Riding Q. Sess. Rec., V. 220. The Sessions next after Christyde next.

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