thanksgiving – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
thanksgiving
n.
expression of thanks; holiday for expressing thanks
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a national
holiday celebrated in
Canada and the
United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the
harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the
second Monday of October in Canada and on the
fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated in a
secular manner as well.
Thanksgiving
Noun
1. fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
(synonym) Thanksgiving Day
(hypernym) legal holiday, national holiday
(part-holonym) November, Nov
thanksgiving
Noun
1. a short prayer of thanks before a meal
(synonym) grace, blessing
(hypernym) prayer, petition, orison
Thanksgiving (der)
nm.
thanksgiving, holiday for expressing thanks, Thanksgiving Day, national holiday centered around feasting and giving thanks for divine blessing or goodness
Thanksgiving
(n.)
The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
(n.)
A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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