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Sunday

sun·day

UK/ˈsʌn.deɪ/ US/ˈsʌn.di/ common informal us
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

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verb

1.

spend Sunday

  • “We sundayed in the country”

Origin

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

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