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first day

first day is the alternative letter-case form of First Day.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: First Day

First Day

  1. (Quakerism) Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: First day

First day

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of First Day

Forms of first day

alternative formFirst day
alternative formfirst day
alternative formFirst-day

Origin of first day

Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan associations of the traditional name.

Questions about first day

What does first day mean?
First day means sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
What is first day the alternative letter-case form of?
First day is the alternative letter-case form of First Day.
What part of speech is first day?
First day is a proper noun.

Words near first day in the dictionary

  1. first cranial nerve
  2. first cross-cousin
  3. first cross-cousins
  4. First Daughter
  5. First Daughters
  6. first day
  7. first day cover
  8. first day covers
  9. first death
  10. first declension
  11. first declensions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: first day (page history and authors); First Day (page history and authors); First day (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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