month of sundays
deɪ, -di noun
1.
the first day of the week, observed as the sabbath by most Christian sects.
adjective
Idioms 2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sunday.
3.
used, done, taking place, or being as indicated only on or as if on Sundays: a Sunday matinée.
4.
a month of Sundays, an indeterminately great length of time: She hadn't taken a vacation in a month of Sundays.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sun(nen)day, Old English sunnandæg, translation of Latin diēs sōlis, itself translation of Greek hēméra hēlíou day of the sun; cognate with German Sonntag
before 900; Middle English sun(nen)day, Old English sunnandæg, translation of Latin diēs sōlis, itself translation of Greek hēméra hēlíou day of the sun; cognate with German Sonntag
Related forms
Sun·day·like, adjective
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| —n | |
| the first day of the week and the Christian day of worship | |
| [Old English sunnandæg, translation of Latin diēs sōlis day of the sun, translation of Greek hēmera hēliou; related to Old Norse sunnu dagr, German Sonntag] | |
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Word Origin & History
Sunday
O.E. Sunnandæg, lit. "day of the sun," from sunnan, oblique case of sunne "sun" + dæg "day," from a W.Gmc. loan-translation of L. dies solis "day of the sun," which is itself a loan-translation of Gk. hemera heliou. Cf. O.N. sunnundagr, Ger. Sonntag "Sunday." Like other weekday names, not
regularly capitalized until 17c. Sunday school dates from 1783 (originally for secular instruction); Sunday clothes is from 1642. Sunday driver is from 1925.
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