WAKE

Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 15
name given to ancient custom of watching by the dead; a night service in church followed by a festival. ef Lingo 1705; abp. of Canterbury, 716. 30’ W.), city, on Calder, W. Riding, Yorkshire, England; manufactures agricultural machinery; trade in grain; cathedral church; grammar schoof (1591), town hall, fine arts institute, - and corn exchange; bp.’s see (1888); scene of a battle between Lancastrians and Yorkists in which Duke of York was slain (1460). Pop. (1921) 53,053,
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