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Sunday

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌndeɪ, -di/

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Definition of Sunday

noun

the day of the week before Monday and following Saturday, observed by Christians as a day of rest and religious worship and (together with Saturday) forming part of the weekend:they left town on Sunday the Sunday before last many people work on Sundays [as modifier]:Sunday evening Sunday lunch
(the Sundays) British informal the newspapers published each Sunday: she wrote human-interest pieces for the Sundays

adverb

chiefly North American

on Sunday:the concert will be held Sunday
(Sundays) on Sundays; each Sunday:the programme is repeated Sundays at 9 p.m.

Origin:

Old English Sunnandæg 'day of the sun', translation of Latin dies solis. Compare with Dutch zondag and German Sonntag

Our names for days of the week are based on translations of Latin terms: days of the week in ancient Rome were named after the planets, a category which at that time was considered to include the sun and moon (after which Monday was named)

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