Sunday

ˈsʌndɪ n. & adv. --n. 1 the first day of the week, a Christian holiday and day of worship. 2 a newspaper published on a Sunday. --adv. colloq. 1 on Sunday. 2 (Sundays) on Sunday; each Sunday. øSunday best joc. a person's best clothes, kept for Sunday use. Sunday letter = dominical letter. Sunday painter an amateur painter, esp. one with little training. Sunday school a school for the religious instruction of children on Sundays. [OE sunnandóg, transl. of L dies solis, Gk hemera heliou day of the sun]

ˈsʌndɪ n. & adv. --n. 1 the first day of the week, a Christian holiday and day of worship. 2 a newspaper published on a Sunday. --adv. colloq. 1 on Sunday. 2 (Sundays) on Sunday; each Sunday. øSunday best joc. a person's best clothes, kept for Sunday use. Sunday letter = dominical letter. Sunday painter an amateur painter, esp. one with little training. Sunday school a school for the religious instruction of children on Sundays. [OE sunnandóg, transl. of L dies solis, Gk hemera heliou day of the sun]

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Sonntag {m}

Sonntag {m}

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Sabbath}. [1913 Webster]

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [1913 Webster] {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}. [1913 Webster]

ˈsʌndɪ See: MONTH OF SUNDAYS.

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sunnandæg (akin to Old High German sunnūntag), from sunne sun + dæg day Date: before 12th century the first day of the week ; the Christian analogue of the Jewish Sabbath • Sundays adverb II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or associated with Sunday 2. [from the practice of wearing one's best clothes on Sunday to attend church] best 3. amateur III. biographical name William Ashley 1862-1935 Billy Sunday American evangelist

n. & adv. --n. 1 the first day of the week, a Christian holiday and day of worship. 2 a newspaper published on a Sunday. --adv. colloq. 1 on Sunday. 2 (Sundays) on Sunday; each Sunday. Phrases and idioms: Sunday best joc. a person's best clothes, kept for Sunday use. Sunday letter = dominical letter. Sunday painter an amateur painter, esp. one with little training. Sunday school a school for the religious instruction of children on Sundays. Etymology: OE sunnand{aelig}g, transl. of L dies solis, Gk hemera heliou day of the sun

n. The Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest, the first day of the week.

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}.

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. Syn: See {Sabbath}.

(n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.

Sunday adj : used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes" [syn: {good}, {go-to-meeting(a)}, {Sunday}, {Sunday-go-to-meeting(a)}] n : first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians [syn: {Sunday}, {Lord's Day}, {Sun}] v : spend Sunday; "We sundayed in the country" [syn: {Sunday}]

(a.) Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Sunday best n : (colloquial) the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sunday [syn: {Sunday best}]

Sonntagskind {n}

Sonntagskinder {pl}

Sonntagsfahrer {m}

{n. phr.}, {informal} Best clothes or outfit of clothing. * /The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance./ * /Mary went to the party in her Sunday best and made a hit with the boys./ Compare: GLAD RAGS.

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [1913 Webster] {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}. [1913 Webster]

Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. --Howell. [1913 Webster] Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] {Dominical altar} (Eccl.), the high altar. {Dominical letter}, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also {Sunday letter}. Cf. {Solar cycle}, under {Cycle}, n. [1913 Webster]

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}.

Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. --Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. --Fuller. {Dominical altar} (Eccl.), the high altar. {Dominical letter}, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also {Sunday letter}. Cf. {Solar cycle}, under {Cycle}, n.

Sonntagsmaler {m}

noun Date: 1929 1. a powerful or devastating blow; especially a knockout punch 2. something capable of delivering a powerful or devastating blow to the opposition

Sunday punch n : a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing [syn: {haymaker}, {knockout punch}, {KO punch}, {Sunday punch}]

Sonntagsruhe {f}

Sonntagsschule {f}

School \School\, n. [OE. scole, AS. sc?lu, L. schola, Gr. ? leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as ?, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See {Scheme}.] 1. A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets. [1913 Webster] Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. --Acts xix. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school. [1913 Webster] As he sat in the school at his primer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A session of an institution of instruction. [1913 Webster] How now, Sir Hugh! No school to-day? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning. [1913 Webster] At Cambridge the philosophy of Descartes was still dominant in the schools. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held. [1913 Webster] 6. An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils. [1913 Webster] What is the great community of Christians, but one of the innumerable schools in the vast plan which God has instituted for the education of various intelligences? --Buckminster. [1913 Webster] 7. The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc. [1913 Webster] Let no man be less confident in his faith . . . by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 8. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school. [1913 Webster] His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools. --A. S. Hardy. [1913 Webster] 9. Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience. [1913 Webster] {Boarding school}, {Common school}, {District school}, {Normal school}, etc. See under {Boarding}, {Common}, {District}, etc. {High school}, a free public school nearest the rank of a college. [U. S.] {School board}, a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accommodation for all children in their district. {School committee}, {School board}, an elected committee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible for control of the money appropriated for school purposes. [U. S.] {School days}, the period in which youth are sent to school. {School district}, a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U.S.] {Sunday school}, or {Sabbath school}, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively. [1913 Webster]

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [1913 Webster] {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}. [1913 Webster]

noun Date: 1783 a school held on Sunday for religious education; also the teachers and pupils of such a school

{School days}, the period in which youth are sent to school. {School district}, a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U.S.] {Sunday school}, or {Sabbath school}, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}.

Sunday school n : school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction [syn: {Sunday school}, {Sabbath school}]

Sunday school class n : a class in a Sunday school [syn: {Sunday school class}]

Sonntagsschulen {pl}

Sonntagsanzug {m}

Sonntagsanzüge {pl}

adjective Date: 1831 appropriate for Sunday churchgoing

sunday-go-to-meeting adj : used of clothing; "my good clothes"; "her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes" [syn: {good}, {go-to-meeting(a)}, {Sunday}, {Sunday-go-to-meeting(a)}]

See: BEST BIB AND TUCKER.

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adverb see Sunday I

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Sabbath}. [1913 Webster]

Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See {Advene}.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley. [1913 Webster] 2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ. [1913 Webster] 3. Coming; any important arrival; approach. [1913 Webster] Death's dreadful advent. --Young. [1913 Webster] Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

noun Date: 15th century the first Sunday in Advent

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. Syn: See {Sabbath}.

Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See {Advene}.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas. {Advent Sunday} (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley. 2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ. 3. Coming; any important arrival; approach. Death's dreadful advent. --Young. Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson.

Advent Sunday n : the first of four Sundays of Advent [syn: {Advent Sunday}]

Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

() The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Alb Sunday \Alb Sunday\ (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly {Albless Sunday}, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

Carlings \Car"lings\, n. pl. Same as {Carl}, 3. [1913 Webster] {Carling Sunday}, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See {Carl}, 4. [1913 Webster]

Carlings \Car"lings\, n. pl. Same as {Carl}, 3. {Carling Sunday}, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See {Carl}, 4.

Cycle \Cy"cle\ (s?"k'l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky`klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year. [1913 Webster] Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the medium of provision during the last bad cycle of twenty years. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 3. An age; a long period of time. [1913 Webster] Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 4. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 5. The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins. [1913 Webster] 6. (Bot.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 7. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. [1913 Webster] 8. A motorcycle. [PJC] 9. (Thermodynamics) A series of operations in which heat is imparted to (or taken away from) a working substance which by its expansion gives up a part of its internal energy in the form of mechanical work (or being compressed increases its internal energy) and is again brought back to its original state. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 10. (Technology) A complete positive and negative, or forward and reverse, action of any periodic process, such as a vibration, an electric field oscillation, or a current alternation; one period. Hence: (Elec.) A complete positive and negative wave of an alternating current. The number of cycles (per second) is a measure of the frequency of an alternating current. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC] {Calippic cycle}, a period of 76 years, or four Metonic cycles; -- so called from Calippus, who proposed it as an improvement on the Metonic cycle. {Cycle of eclipses}, a period of about 6,586 days, the time of revolution of the moon's node; -- called {Saros} by the Chaldeans. {Cycle of indiction}, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any astronomical period, but having reference to certain judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the Greek emperors. {Cycle of the moon}, or {Metonic cycle}, a period of 19 years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from Meton, who first proposed it. {Cycle of the sun}, {Solar cycle}, a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the {cycle of the Sunday letter}. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century. [1913 Webster]

{Cycle of indiction}, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any astronomical period, but having reference to certain judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the Greek emperors. {Cycle of the moon}, or {Metonic cycle}, a period of 19 years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from Meton, who first proposed it. {Cycle of the sun}, {Solar cycle}, a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the {cycle of the Sunday letter}. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century.

Easter Sunday n : the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated [syn: {Easter Sunday}, {Easter Day}]

God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. {Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.] 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. [1913 Webster] He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. --Is. xliv. 15. [1913 Webster] The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. [1913 Webster] God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. --John iv. 24. [1913 Webster] 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. [1913 Webster] Whose god is their belly. --Phil. iii. 19. [1913 Webster] 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}. {Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] {God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard. See under {Acre}. {God's house}. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {God's Sunday}, Easter. [1913 Webster]

God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. {Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.] 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. --Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. --Milton. 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. --John iv. 24. 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. --Phil. iii. 19. 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. {Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}. {Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] {God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard. See under {Acre}. {God's house}. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {God's Sunday}, Easter.

Hospital \Hos"pi*tal\, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord, and cf. {Hostel}, {Hotel}, {Spital}.] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. [1913 Webster] {Hospital ship}, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. {Hospital Sunday}, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday. [1913 Webster]

Hospital \Hos"pi*tal\, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord, and cf. {Hostel}, {Hotel}, {Spital}.] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. {Hospital ship}, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. {Hospital Sunday}, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.

noun Etymology: Latin laetare, singular imperative of laetari to rejoice Date: circa 1870 the fourth Sunday in Lent

Laetere Sunday \L[ae]*te"re Sun"day\n. The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word L[ae]tare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service. [1913 Webster]

Laetere Sunday \L[ae]*te"re Sun"day\ The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word L[ae]tare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.

() The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Laetare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.

Low \Low\ (l[=o]), a. [Compar. {Lower} (l[=o]"[~e]r); superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw. l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [1913 Webster] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight. [1913 Webster] 2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence. [1913 Webster] 3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer. [1913 Webster] 4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide. [1913 Webster] 5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages. [1913 Webster] 6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note. [1913 Webster] 8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [a^] ([a^]m), [add] ([add]ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11. [1913 Webster] 9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes. [1913 Webster] 10. Numerically small; as, a low number. [1913 Webster] 11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits. [1913 Webster] 12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. [1913 Webster] Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem. [1913 Webster] 14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison. [1913 Webster] In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. --Felton. [1913 Webster] 15. Submissive; humble. ``Low reverence.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster] 16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness. [1913 Webster] 17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever. [1913 Webster] 18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate. [1913 Webster] 19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. [1913 Webster] Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like. [1913 Webster] {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}. {Low Countries}, the Netherlands. {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin}, etc. {Low life}, humble life. {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}. {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in medi[ae]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. {Low spirits}, despondency. {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure. {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called. {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. {Low water}. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. {Low water alarm} or {Low water indicator} (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier. {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural. [1913 Webster]

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Sabbath}. [1913 Webster]

noun Date: 15th century the Sunday following Easter

Low \Low\, a. [Compar. {Lower}; superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw. l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight. 2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence. 3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer. 4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide. 5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages. 6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound. 7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note. 8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ? (?m), ? (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11. 9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes. 10. Numerically small; as, a low number. 11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits. 12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton. 13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem. 14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison. In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. --Felton. 15. Submissive; humble. ``Low reverence.'' --Milton. 16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness. 17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever. 18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate. 19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low- browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like. {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}. {Low Countries}, the Netherlands. {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin}, etc. {Low life}, humble life. {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}. {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in medi[ae]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. {Low spirits}, despondency. {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure. {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called. {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. {Low water}. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. {Low water} {alarm or indicator} (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier. {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural.

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. Syn: See {Sabbath}.

Low Sunday n : the Sunday following Easter [syn: {Low Sunday}]

{n. phr.}, informal A very long time. - Used for emphasis after "for" or "in" and usually with a negative verb. * /I have not had devil's food cake in a month of Sundays./ * /When he got her first letter, he felt that he had not heard from her for a month of Sundays./ Syn.: DOG'S AGE.

month of Sundays n : (informal) a time perceived as long; "I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays" [syn: {month of Sundays}]

n. Brit. the fourth Sunday in Lent, traditionally a day for honouring mothers with gifts.

n. Brit. the fourth Sunday in Lent, traditionally a day for honouring mothers with gifts.

'mʌðəriŋ'sʌndi

n. Brit. the fourth Sunday in Lent, traditionally a day for honouring mothers with gifts.

Palm Sunday \Palm" Sun`day\ (Eccl.) The Sunday next before {Easter}; -- so called in commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way. The event is commemorated in Christian churches by distribution of blessed palm leaves. [1913 Webster +PJC]

noun Etymology: from the palm branches strewn in Christ's way Date: before 12th century the Sunday before Easter celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Palm Sunday \Palm" Sun`day\ (Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.

() The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.

Palm Sunday n : Sunday before Easter [syn: {Palm Sunday}]

Passion \Pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See {Patient}.] 1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross. ``The passions of this time.'' --Wyclif (Rom. viii. 18). [1913 Webster] To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action. [1913 Webster] A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. [R.] [1913 Webster] Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill. ``A passion fond even to idolatry.'' --Macaulay. ``Her passion is to seek roses.'' --Lady M. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster] We also are men of like passions with you. --Acts xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil. --Hutcheson. [1913 Webster] The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything. --Cogan. [1913 Webster] The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering passion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every passion. --Akenside. [1913 Webster] When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. Passion week. See {Passion week}, below. --R. of Gl. [1913 Webster] {Passion flower} (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus {Passiflora}; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's crucifixion. [1913 Webster] Note: The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes highly esteemed (see {Granadilla}, and {Maypop}). The roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious, and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of America, though a few species are Asiatic or Australian. [1913 Webster] {Passion music} (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals, airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and crucifixion of Christ. {Passion play}, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected with the passion of our Savior are represented dramatically. {Passion Sunday} (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the second before Easter. {Passion Week}, the last week but one in Lent, or the second week preceding Easter. ``The name of Passion week is frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.'' --Shipley. [1913 Webster] Syn: {Passion}, {Feeling}, {Emotion}. Usage: When any feeling or emotion completely masters the mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music, dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme) called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered as having lost its self-control, and become the passive instrument of the feeling in question. [1913 Webster]

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [1913 Webster] {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Sabbath}. [1913 Webster]

noun Date: 14th century the fifth Sunday in Lent

Passion \Pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See {Patient}.] 1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross. ``The passions of this time.'' --Wyclif (Rom. viii. 18). To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3. 2. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action. A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it. --Locke. 3. Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. [R.] Moldable and not moldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter. --Bacon. 4. The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill. ``A passion fond even to idolatry.'' --Macaulay. ``Her passion is to seek roses.'' --Lady M. W. Montagu. We also are men of like passions with you. --Acts xiv. 15. The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, without considering the affections and passions, or those modifications or actions of the mind consequent upon the apprehension of certain objects or events in which the mind generally conceives good or evil. --Hutcheson. The term passion, and its adverb passionately, often express a very strong predilection for any pursuit, or object of taste -- a kind of enthusiastic fondness for anything. --Cogan. The bravery of his grief did put me Into a towering passion. --Shak. The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still. --Pope. Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every passion. --Akenside. When statesmen are ruled by faction and interest, they can have no passion for the glory of their country. --Addison. 5. Disorder of the mind; madness. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. Passion week. See {Passion week}, below. --R. of Gl. {Passion flower} (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus {Passiflora}; -- so named from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's crucifixion. Note: The flowers are showy, and the fruit is sometimes highly esteemed (see {Granadilla}, and {Maypop}). The roots and leaves are generally more or less noxious, and are used in medicine. The plants are mostly tendril climbers, and are commonest in the warmer parts of America, though a few species are Asiatic or Australian. {Passion music} (Mus.), originally, music set to the gospel narrative of the passion of our Lord; after the Reformation, a kind of oratorio, with narrative, chorals, airs, and choruses, having for its theme the passion and crucifixion of Christ. {Passion play}, a mystery play, in which the scenes connected with the passion of our Savior are represented dramatically. {Passion Sunday} (Eccl.), the fifth Sunday in Lent, or the second before Easter. {Passion Week}, the last week but one in Lent, or the second week preceding Easter. ``The name of Passion week is frequently, but improperly, applied to Holy Week.'' --Shipley. Syn: {Passion}, {Feeling}, {Emotion}. Usage: When any feeling or emotion completely masters the mind, we call it a passion; as, a passion for music, dress, etc.; especially is anger (when thus extreme) called passion. The mind, in such cases, is considered as having lost its self-control, and become the passive instrument of the feeling in question.

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See {Sun}, and {Day}.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. {Advent Sunday}, {Low Sunday}, {Passion Sunday}, etc. See under {Advent}, {Low}, etc. Syn: See {Sabbath}.

Passion Sunday n : second Sunday before Easter [syn: {Passion Sunday}]

Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See {Four}.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. [1913 Webster] {Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. [1913 Webster]

Quadragesima \Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See {Four}.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. {Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.

Quadrigesima Sunday n : the first Sunday in Lent [syn: {Quadragesima}, {Quadrigesima Sunday}]

Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See {Five}.] Fiftieth. [1913 Webster] {Quinquagesima Sunday}, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also {Shrove Sunday}. [1913 Webster]

Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See {Five}.] Fiftieth. {Quinquagesima Sunday}, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also {Shrove Sunday}.

Quinquagesima Sunday n : the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) [syn: {Quinquagesima}, {Quinquagesima Sunday}]

noun Date: 1942 a Sunday that is usually closest to November 11 and that in Great Britain is set aside in commemoration of the end of hostilities in 1918 and 1945

Septuagesima Sunday n : the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: {Septuagesima}, {Septuagesima Sunday}]