kermis

ker mis |ˈkərmis ˈkərməs | ▶noun a summer fair held in towns and villages in the Netherlands. • a fair or carnival, esp. one held to raise money for a charity. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Dutch, originally denoting a mass on the anniversary of the dedication of a church, when a fair was held, from kerk ‘church ’ + mis ‘Mass. ’

kermis

kermis |ˈkəːmɪs | ▶noun a summer fair held in towns and villages in the Netherlands. • US a fair or carnival, especially one held to raise money for a charity. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Dutch, originally denoting a mass on the anniversary of the dedication of a church, when a fair was held, from kerk ‘church ’ + mis ‘Mass ’.