'Sunday' definitions:
Definition of 'Sunday'
(from WordNet)
noun
First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians [syn: Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus, Sun]
noun
United States evangelist (1862-1935) [syn: Sunday, Billy Sunday, William Ashley Sunday]
Definition of 'Sunday'
From: GCIDE
- Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [1913 Webster]
- Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical.
- Sunday school. See under School. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sunday'
From: GCIDE
- Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnandaeg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + daeg day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster]
- Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Sabbath. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Sunday'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Christmas,
- church calendar,
- day of rest,
- dies non,
- ecclesiastical calendar,
- fast,
- feast,
- First day,
- go on furlough,
- go on leave,
- holiday,
- holy day,
- holytide,
- make holiday,
- Sabbath,
- take a holiday,
- take leave,
- vacation,
- weekend
Words containing 'Sunday'
- Advent Sunday,
- Carling Sunday,
- God's Sunday,
- Hospital Sunday,
- Laetere Sunday,
- Low Sunday,
- Palm Sunday,
- Passion Sunday,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Quinquagesima Sunday,
- Shrove Sunday,
- Sunday driver,
- Sunday letter,
- Sunday school,
- Tradition Sunday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- billy sunday,
- easter sunday,
- month of sundays,
- quadrigesima sunday,
- remembrance sunday,
- septuagesima sunday,
- sunday best,
- sunday clothes,
- sunday punch,
- cycle of the Sunday letter,
- william ashley sunday,
- sunday-go-to-meeting