Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An act of giving thanks; an expression of gratitude, especially to God: a hymn of thanksgiving.
- n. Thanksgiving Day.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of rendering thanks or of expressing gratitude for favors, benefits, or mercies; an acknowledgment of benefits received: used in the Old Testament for acknowledgment by the act of offering.
- n. A public celebration of divine goodness; specifically [capitalized], in the United States, Thanksgiving day (see the phrase below).
- n. A form of words expressive of thanks to God; a grace.
Wiktionary
- n. an expression of gratitude.
- n. a short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
- n. A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
- n. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
WordNet 3.0
- n. fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
- n. a short prayer of thanks before a meal
Etymologies
- thanks + giving (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I think the difference in perception of day of prayer vs thanksgiving is the result of the titles of the proclamations, disregarding the contents.”
“BTW #2 did you know the story of the first thanksgiving is largely a myth? so are you going to get all political now?”
“The Mass will be celebrated in thanksgiving for the recent priestly ordination of Fr. James DeViese of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.”
“To all my non American Friends, thanksgiving is the American holiday for mass consumption & storage of food stuffs to get ready for the black friday madness. more mass consumption and storage!”
“My thanksgiving is probably going to look something like that.”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “Thanks Giving for Nothing”
“The adults offer one another toasts over the antipasto: in thanksgiving for health, for marriages, for new babies, for family, for all the blessings of our lives.”
“He calls for the blessings of God on his work, his home and loved ones, and when he returns at the end of the day, he forms the sign again, in thanksgiving to be reunited once again with his family.”
“Answered I, ‘Haply thou didst this in thanksgiving to Allah, for that He hath given thee the mastery over thine enemy.’”
“The old woman remarked his plight and hastened to forestall him, saying O Shaykh, kiss the earth in thanksgiving to Almighty”
“And prayer has always been taught as having two aspects: the request for what one wants, along with an expression of thanksgiving for all that one has.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thanksgiving’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Natural Bait
Things and situations that draw and inspire humans and/or animals, to interact with one another.
pot-luck dinner, water park, lek, spawning season, square dance, county fair, whale rescue, hurricane, flood, pet store, fish market, farmers' market and 87 more...
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Mythic America
I'm using "myth" NOT in the sense of "fiction" but of larger-than-life. This is not a list of important people or events in American history, or it would be much longer. It's a list of people, even...
george washington, lewis and clark, sacagawea, sacajawea, molly pitcher, bunker hill, gunfighter, outlaw, citizen soldier, valley forge, melting pot, betsy ross and 107 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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WrightHandWords's Words
yclept, unction, prana, satya, abhyasa, vairagya, yoga, ashtanga, acronym, etymology, asana, widget and 286 more...
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Christian Music
all words that have sth to do with Christian Music of all times...
melody, hymn, worship, celebrate, psalm, david, choir, praise, christian, music, service, church and 26 more...
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librarygrrrl's Words
moist, chicken, boing, beast, lovey, woof, penguin, present, gift, wrap, tree, lights and 27 more...
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Comfort Words
gingersnaps, railroad, molasses, soup, clover, thanksgiving, baked apples, hazelnut, ocean, campfire
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November Observances
bhaubeej, diwali, movember, nanowrimo, samhain, thanksgiving
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Annoying American Pronunciations
When someone from a generic area of the States pronounces one of these words with enthusiasm, it is most upsetting.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for thanksgiving.
mollusque Let the gallopavonian pursuits begin! Nov 26, 2009
crunchysaviour Pterodactyl - what a brilliant site and idea! Aug 16, 2008
pterodactyl See this map for American pronunciation. Apr 13, 2008