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HOL'YDAY, noun A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; particularly an anniversary festival, devoted to religious solemnities; as christmas holydays.
1. A day of joy and gayety.
2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement.
HOL'YDAY, adjective Pertaining to a festival; as a holyday suit of clothes.
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