hilary term

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: Hil=a=ry term

CIDE DICTIONARY

hilary term,  

 Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.  [1913 Webster]
" The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter."  Mozley & W.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hilary term, n. Brit. the university term beginning in January, esp. at Oxford.

Etymology

Hilarius bishop of Poitiers d. 367, with a festival on 13 Jan.