redletter

red-let·ter

[red-let-er]
adjective
1.
marked by red letters, as festival days in the church calendar.
2.
memorable; especially important or happy: a red-letter day in his life.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English

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red-letter

adjective
memorable for being a special occasion; "on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity" 
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Redletter is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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