saint's day

noun

a day commemorating a saint

• Hypernyms: ↑day

• Hyponyms: ↑name day

• Part Holonyms: ↑church year, ↑Christian year

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noun

: a day in a church calendar on which a saint is commemorated

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a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.

[1400-50; late ME]

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saint's day noun

A day set apart for the commemoration of a particular saint

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Main Entry: ↑saint

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saint’s day UK US noun [countable] [singular saint’s day plural saint’s days]

the day of the year chosen by a Christian church to honour a particular saint

Thesaurus: saints and sainthood_hyponym important days in the christian calendar_hyponym

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saint's day,

a day set aside each year to honor the memory of a particular saint. It is usually the anniversary of his death.

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n. a day on which a saint is particularly commemorated in the Christian Church

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noun [singular]

: a day of the year on which a particular saint is remembered

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ˈsaint's day [saint's day] noun

(in the Christian Church) a day of the year when a particular ↑saint is remembered and on which, in some countries, people who are named after that ↑saint have celebrations