holiday

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  1. noun A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
  2. noun A religious feast day; a holy day.
  3. noun Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.
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  • I guess the most important part of going for a holiday is to be able to grab the cheapest air ticket you can get.
  • Sharp thinks the holiday is a win-win for consumers and business owners. —  The Times-Journal: News
  • County Administrator Matt Sharp said the holiday is the first weekend in August, and if the resolution passes, consumers can reap the benefits of buying some items with no sales tax attached. —  The Times-Journal: News
  • For Sadie and Sophie Larson, adopted from China and Vietnam by American parents, the holiday is a time to learn more about the customs and traditions of their birthplaces. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Say what you will, but it beats the hell out of all the years that I spent barhopping up and down Dickson Street in uncomfortable shoes and cute, but not terribly warm tops looking for the right place to spend the eleven seconds or so that the holiday is all about.
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vacation ·  weekend ·  wed ·  festival ·  trip ·  summer ·  visit ·  celebration ·  tour ·  afternoon ·  fun ·  sport

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English holidai, holy day, from Old English hālig dæg : hālig, holy; see holy + dæg, day; see day.

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  1. Formerly also holliday, holyday; from Middle English holiday, haliday (= Danish helligdag = Swedish helgdag), usually written separately, holi day, holy day, hali day, etc. (the vowel of holy being shortened as in holibut), from Anglo-Saxon hālig dæg, ‘holy day’: see holy and day. Cf. holinight.
  2. from holiday, n.
 

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