Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lord's day

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: lord's -day
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

noun

Alternative form of Lord's Day.

Example Sentences

"All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed."
"Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset."

Etymology

A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)

Inflected Forms

Lord's Days (plural) Lord’s Day (alternative) Lordsday (alternative)

Phrases

Jewish Sabbath Muslim Sabbath LORD’s holy day Seventh Day seventh-day Sabbath Christmas Day holy day Jesus Day

Frequently Paired Words

Jewish Sabbath Muslim Sabbath LORD’s holy day Shabbat Shabbes Seventh Day seventh-day Sabbath Christmas Day

Synonyms

Christian Sabbath First Day first-day Sabbath Sabbath sunday dominicus sun

Questions

What does lord's day mean?: Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
Where does lord's day come from?: A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)

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