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HOLY DAY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does holy day mean?

• HOLY DAY (noun)
The noun HOLY DAY has 1 sense:

1. a day specified for religious observance

Familiarity information: HOLY DAY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOLY DAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A day specified for religious observance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

holy day; religious holiday

Hypernyms ("holy day" is a kind of...):

holiday (a day on which work is suspended by law or custom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holy day"):

fast day (a day designated for fasting)

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)

Dormition; Feast of Dormition (celebration in the Eastern Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic church and is also celebrated on August 15th)

Holonyms ("holy day" is a part of...):

Christian year; church year (the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons)

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