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saints' days

saints' days is the plural of saint's day.

Meaning of saint's day

Noun

saint's day (plural saints' days)

  1. 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

Questions about saints' days

What is saints' days the plural of?
Saints' days is the plural of saint's day.

Words near saints' days in the dictionary

  1. saintpaulias
  2. saints
  3. saints alive
  4. saints' bell
  5. saints' bells
  6. saints' days
  7. Saintsbury
  8. Saintsburys
  9. saintship
  10. saintships
  11. Saintvil

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