Utas
Alternative forms
Origin
Reduced form of plural utaves; compare octave.
Full definition of utas
Noun
utas
(uncountable)- (historical, Christianity) The octave, or seventh day after a festival (i.e., the eighth day counting inclusively, in the ancient Roman way).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:Kyng Arthure ... commaunded all that were undir his obeysaunce, aftir the utas of Seynte Hyllary that all shulde be assembled for to holde a parlement at Yorke, within the wallys.