First Day
English
Alternative forms
- First day
- first day
- First-day
Etymology
Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan history/etymology of the traditional name.[1]
Proper noun
- (Christianity, Quakerism) Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms
- First Day (“Sunday”)
- Second Day (“Monday”)
- Third Day (“Tuesday”)
- Fourth Day (“Wednesday”)
- Fifth Day (“Thursday”)
- Sixth Day (“Friday”)
- Seventh Day (“Saturday”)
References
- Margery Post Abbott, Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) (2011), page 342
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