saint's day
saint's day noun: a day in a liturgical calendar that is observed in honour of a saint; not necessarily a holiday.
Noun
saint's day (plural saints' days)
- A day in a liturgical calendar that is observed in honour of a saint; not necessarily a holiday.
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- To-day is a saint's day. This is a Catholic part of Switzerland, and they have a great many holidays because they have a great many saints. There is hardly a week without some saint in it who has to be commemorated, and often there are two in the same week, and sometimes three.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 43
Forms of saint's day
| plural | saints' days |
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Questions about saint's day
- What does saint's day mean?
- Saint's day means a day in a liturgical calendar that is observed in honour of a saint; not necessarily a holiday.
- What part of speech is saint's day?
- Saint's day is a noun.
- What is the plural of saint's day?
- The plural of saint's day is saints' days.
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