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Workday :: Workday (n. & a.) A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day..

Saturday :: Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.

Easter :: Easter (n.) An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask..

Whitsuntide :: Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost..

Septuagesima :: Septuagesima (n.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Monday :: Monday (n.) The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.

Dominical :: Dominical (a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday..

Dies Non :: Dies non () A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday..

Sundered :: Sunday (a.) Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

On :: On (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym)..

Dominical :: Dominical (n.) The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer..

Jubilate :: "Jubilate (n.) The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, ""Jubilate Deo."".

Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..

Sexagesima :: Sexagesima (n.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Week :: Week (n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next..

Advent :: Advent (n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies..

Simnel :: Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday..

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