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Good Friday

 
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–noun
the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME
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Good Friday  
n.  The Friday before Easter, observed by Christians in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus.

[From good, pious, holy (obsolete).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Good Friday

The Friday before Easter Sunday; a day on which Christians commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus. Good Friday means “holy Friday.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Good Friday 
c.1290, from good in sense of "holy" (e.g. the good book "the Bible," 1896), also, esp. of holy days or seasons observed by the church (c.1420); it was also applied to Christmas and Shrove Tuesday.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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