Holyday
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Holyday - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
HOL'YDAY, n. A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; particularly an anniversary festival, devoted to religious solemnities; as christmas holydays.
1. A day of joy and gayety.
2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement.
HOL'YDAY, a. Pertaining to a festival; as a holyday suit of clothes.
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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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