NOUN | time | religious holiday, holy day | a day specified for religious observance |
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Meaning | A day specified for religious observance. | |
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Synonym | holy day | |
Part of | church year, Christian year | The year in the ecclesiastical calendar |
Narrower | Christian holy day | A religious holiday for Christians |
Dormition, Feast of Dormition | celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended | |
Jewish holy day | A religious holiday for Jews | |
fast day | A day designated for fasting | |
Broader | holiday | A day on which work is suspended by law or custom |
Spanish | fiesta religiosa | |
Catalan | festa religiosa |
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