Lord's Day
Lord's Day noun: sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
Noun (1)
Lord's Day (plural Lord's Days)
- Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
- All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be...1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 1”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 1
- Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Noun (2) capitalized: Lord's day
Lord's day (plural Lord's days)
- Alternative form of Lord's Day.
Synonyms of Lord's Day
Forms of Lord's Day
| plural | Lord's Days |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Lord’s Day |
| alternative form | Lord’s day |
| alternative form | Lord's day |
| alternative form | Lordsday |
| plural | Lord's days |
Origin of Lord's Day
A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)
Questions about Lord's Day
- What does Lord's Day mean?
- Lord's Day means sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
- What part of speech is Lord's Day?
- Lord's Day is a noun.
- What is the plural of Lord's Day?
- The plural of Lord's Day is Lord's Days.
Words near Lord's Day in the dictionary
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