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HOLYDAY

Definition: HOLYDAY

HOLYDAY

Noun

1. A secular festival; a holiday.

2. A religious festival.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "HOLYDAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: HOLYDAY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Rite

Holyday, feast, fast.

Worship

Divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong, tierce; holyday; (rites).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: HOLYDAY

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Books

  • One long Whitson holyday : country dance tunes from an 18th century manuscript book in keys suitable for most instruments (reference)

  • Sunday & holyday liturgies cycle A : good news for the poor (reference)

  • Understanding the High Holyday Services: A Popular Commentary to the MacHzor (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: HOLYDAY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

holyday inn

15

holyday

7

holyday scan

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: HOLYDAY

LanguageDateSourceColossians Chapter 2, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh oun tiV umaV krinetw en brwsei h en posei h en merei eorthV h noumhniaV h sabbatwn
Latin405VulgateNemo ergo vos iudicet in cibo aut in potu aut in parte diei festi aut neomeniae aut sabbatorum
Middle English1395WyclifTherfor no man iuge you in mete, or in drink, or in part of feeste dai, or of neomenye,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleLet no ma therfore trouble youre conscieces aboute meate and drynke or for a pece of an holydaye as the holydaye of the newe mone or of the sabboth dayes
Jacobean English1611King JamesLet no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Victorian English1833WebsterLet no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:
Basic English1964OgdenFor this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: HOLYDAY

LanguageColossians Chapter 2, Verse 16
Cebuano¶ Busa ayaw tugoti nga adunay magahukom kaninyo bahin sa kan-onon ug ilimnon, o mahitungod sa pangilin o sa Bulan nga bag-ong subang o sa adlaw nga igpapahulay.
CroatianNeka vas dakle nitko ne sudi po jelu ili po piæu, po blagdanima, mlaðacima ili subotama.
DanishLad derfor ingen dømme eder for Mad eller for Drikke eller i Henseende til Højtid eller Nymåne eller Sabbat,
DutchDat u dan niemand oordele in spijs of in drank, of in het stuk des feest dags, of der nieuwe maan, of der sabbatten;
FinnishÄlköön siis kukaan teitä tuomitko syömisestä tai juomisesta, älköön myös minkään juhlan tai uudenkuun tai sapatin johdosta,
FrenchQue personne donc ne vous juge au sujet du manger ou du boire, ou au sujet d`une fête, d`une nouvelle lune, ou des sabbats:
GermanSo lasset nun niemand euch Gewissen machen über Speise oder über Trank oder über bestimmte Feiertage oder Neumonde oder Sabbate;
Haitian Creole¶ Se sak fè, pa kite pesonn kritike nou pou sa n'ap manje, pou sa n'ap bwè, pou jou nou mete apa pou fè fèt, pou fèt lalin nouvèl, osinon pou jou repo.
HungarianSenki azért titeket meg ne ítéljen evésért, vagy ivásért, avagy ünnep, vagy újhold, vagy szombat dolgában:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSebab itu janganlah membiarkan orang menyalahkan kalian mengenai makanan atau minuman, atau mengenai hari-hari raya keagamaan, atau perayaan-perayaan bulan baru, ataupun mengenai hari Sabat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSebab itu jangan seorang pun boleh menyalahkan kamu di dalam hal makanan atau minuman atau di dalam masa raya atau bulan baharu atau hari Sabbat,
LatvianTâpçc lai neviens jûs netiesâ çdiena vai dzçriena dçï, vai sakarâ ar svçtkiem, jauno mçnesi vai sabatu.
Maori¶ Na, kaua tetahi e whakawa i a koutou mo te kai, mo te inu, mo nga meatanga ki te hakari, ki te kowhititanga marama, ki nga hapati;
NorwegianLa derfor ingen dømme eder for mat eller drikke, eller i spørsmål om høitid eller nymåne eller sabbat;
PortugueseNinguém, pois, vos julgue pelo comer, ou pelo beber, ou por causa de dias de festa, ou de lua nova, ou de sábados,   
RumanianNimeni dar sq nu vq judece cu privire la mkncare sau bquturq, sau cu privire la o zi de sqrbqtoare, cu privire la o lunq nouq, sau cu privire la o zi de Sabat,
Shuar¶ Akupkamunmaya Yus ankant awajtamsamtai Chíkich shuar ame Túramujai yajauch Enentáimturmarain. Yúamna nujai, úmamna nujai, uwitincha, nantutincha, tura tsawantincha nampermam nujai Chíkich shuar yajauch áujmatramkuisha ¿Warí urukatin?
SpanishPor tanto, nadie os juzgue en asuntos de comida o de bebida, o respecto a días de fiesta, lunas nuevas o sábados.
SwahiliKwa hiyo, basi, msikubali kupewa masharti na mtu yeyote kuhusu vyakula au vinywaji, siku za sherehe, sikukuu ya Mwezi mpya au Sabato.
SwedishLåten därför ingen döma eder i fråga om mat och dryck eller angående högtid eller nymånad eller sabbat.
Uma¶ Ompi' -ompi', ria tauna to doko' mpewuku-koi mpotuku' ada agama-ra. Rasalai' -koi apa' uma nituku' palia hi pongkoni' pai' hi ponginu. Rasalai' -koi apa' uma nituku' ada eo bohe agama Yahudi, hewa eo bohe wula bo'u ba palia mobago hi Eo Sabat. Neo' nipangalai' tauna toera,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: HOLYDAY

Derivations

Words beginning with "HOLYDAY": holydays. (additional references)


Misspellings

"HOLYDAY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hallyday, halyday, Hobyah, hoiliday, holda, Holdway, hollyday, hylidae, oliday. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: HOLYDAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-h-l-o-y-y"

-2 letters: ahold, doyly.

-3 letters: ahoy, dahl, dhal, halo, hold, holy, hoya, hyla, lady, load, odyl, oldy, yald, yodh.

-4 letters: ado, dah, dal, day, dol, had, hao, hay, hod, hoy, lad, lay, old, yah, yay, yod.

-5 letters: ad, ah, al, ay, do, ha, ho, la, lo, od, oh, oy, ya, yo.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-h-l-o-y-y"
 

+1 letter: holydays.

 

+4 letters: hydrolysate, hydrolyzate, hydroxylase, hydroxylate.

 

+5 letters: hydrocephaly, hydrolysates, hydrolyzable, hydrolyzates, hydronically, hydroxylases, hydroxylated, hydroxylates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HOLYDAY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 4F 4C 59 44 41 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01000100 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

H O L Y D A Y

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 004C 0059 0044 0041 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42494659383559

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