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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sunday

Sun′day (·dā; 48), n. [AS. sunnandæg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + dæg 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.

Sun′day, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical. — Sunday school. See under School.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.