expression of thanks; holiday for expressing thanks
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Thanksgiving Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
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. AboutA 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.
thanksgiving
\thanks"giv`ing\ (?), n.
1. the act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. every creature of god is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. iv. 4. in the thanksgiving before meat. and taught by thee the church prolongs her hymns of high thanksgiving still.
2. 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.
note: in the united states it is now customary for the president by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last thursday in november) of thanksgiving and praise to god for the mercies of the past year. this is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several states in which an annual thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor.
thanksgiving
n
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 wampanoag indians [syn: thanksgiving, thanksgiving day]
2. a short prayer of thanks before a meal [syn: grace, blessing]
similar words(2)
thanksgiving cactus
thanksgiving day
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
Noun
1. a short prayer of thanks before a meal
(synonym) grace, blessing
(hypernym) prayer, petition, orison
Thanksgiving Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Historically, Thanksgiving had roots in religious and cultural tradition. Today, Thanksgiving is primarily celebrated as a secular holiday.
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