I managed to come at the stroke of midnight with my third companion of the night. The tradition of a midnight Vigil on the eve of Christmas began in the East, and was observed in the late fourth century in Jerusalem by a Christian woman named Egeria on the night of January 5.She forgot it was midnight and this was a respectable couple.Sometimes these domino sessions in the canteen would last from 6.30 p.m.We always go to midnight mass on Christmas Eve.In other years, he had often felt a great fatigue after the midnight service.Troops were deployed in Kwangju at midnight on May 17, just as Chun was declaring nationwide martial law.About midnight, the first Federal units began withdrawing from the field. Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight of Christmas Eve, speak.→ burn the midnight oil Examples from the Corpus midnight If you mean ‘at 12 o’clock at night’ say at midnight and if you mean ‘very late at night’ say in the middle of the night. But with a bit of luck, and some holiday. at/on the stroke of midnight (=at exactly midnight ) The treaty will come into force on the stroke of midnight tonight. When William, an overworked clockmaker becomes overwhelmed with Christmas orders, it will take a miracle to help him find the true meaning of Christmas. Photo about Hands on a traditional clock showing time two minutes before the stroke of midnight hour in dramatic scary light. I thought midnight was always for snogging someone, if you had the. You can’t phone her now – it’s gone midnight (=after midnight )! By the time he arrived, it was well past midnight (=after midnight ). MIL calls at stroke of midnight on new years eve every year. after/before midnight We stayed there until way after midnight.
S3 noun TMC 12 o’ clock at night → midday at midnight The train is due in at midnight.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English midnight mid‧night / ˈmɪdnaɪt /
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