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Good Friday
(Good Fri¦day)
noun
the Friday before Easter Sunday, on which the Crucifixion of Christ is commemorated in the Christian Church. It is traditionally a day of fasting and penance.
Origin:
from
good
, in the sense 'holy, observed as a holy day'
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