bainly

[Old Eng. bain; and suff. -ly.] Readily. "And he as bainly obeyed to the buerne his eme." Destruct. of Troye , 1. 4, M.S. (S. in Boucher .) bai-ram, s. [ Turk . bairum , beïram ; Pers. bayram . ] A great Mohammedan festival, following immediately on the Ramadan or Rhamazan, the month of fasting, and believed to have been instituted in imitation of the Christian Easter. It is called also Id - al - Fitr =the Festival of the Interruption, as "interrupting," or, more accurately, terminating, a four-weeks' fast. The rejoicings should extend one day, but are generally run through a second one. Seventy days later is held a le er Bairam, called Id - al - Azha and Kurbân Bairâm = the Festival of the Sacrifices. It is in commemoration of Abraham's willingne to offer his son Isaac in sacrifice, and lasts four days. "Millions of lamps proclaim'd the feast Of Bairam through the boundle East." Byron The Giaour.