Definition of holiday

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Holiday (n.) A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.

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Holiday :: Holiday (n.) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation..
Ferial :: Ferial (a.) Of or pertaining to holidays.
Arming :: Arming (n.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
Ferie :: Ferie (n.) A holiday.
Holyday :: Holyday (n.) A secular festival; a holiday.
Black Monday :: Black Monday () The first Monday after the holidays; -- so called by English schoolboys.
Christmas :: Christmas (n.) An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality..
Workyday :: Workyday (n.) A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively..
Playday :: Playday (n.) A day given to play or diversion; a holiday.
Holiday :: Holiday (a.) Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
Feast :: Feast (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary..
Holiday :: Holiday (n.) A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day.
Holiday :: Holiday (n.) A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday..
Feriation :: Feriation (n.) The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.
Blindman''s Holiday :: Blindman's holiday () The time between daylight and candle light.
Hockday :: Hockday (n.) A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide..
Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..
Holiday :: Holiday (a.) Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
Festal :: Festal (a.) Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
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