Definitions for Valentine's Day
valen·tine's day

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Valentine Day, Valentine's Day, Saint Valentine's Day, St Valentine's Day, February 14noun

   a day for the exchange of tokens of affection

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1. Valentine's Day

   Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer. Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution; another tradition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.The 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint Valentine on February 14. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards, known as "valentines". Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In Italy, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children to ward off epilepsy, called Saint Valentine's Malady.Saint Valentine's Day is not a public holiday in any country, although it is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church. Many parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrate Saint Valentine's Day on July 6 in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and on July 30 in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).

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1. valentine's day

   Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is a holiday observed annually on February 14. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a public holiday in most of them. The day is traditionally associated with romantic love, and is often marked by the exchange of cards, chocolates, flowers, and other gifts between romantic partners. The holiday has its origins in a Roman festival called Lupercalia, but was later Christianized and named after Saint Valentine.

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1. Valentine's Day

   Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them. St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter "from your Valentine" as a farewell. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna. In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on June 12.

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1. Valentine's Day

   the 14th of February, on which young people of both sexes were wont (the custom seems gradually dying out) to send love-missives to one another; it is uncertain who the Valentine was that is associated with the day, or whether it was with any of the name.

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1. valentine's day

   Read the full text of the Valentine's Day poem by Charles Kingsley on the Poetry.com website.

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How to pronounce Valentine's Day?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Valentine's Day in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Valentine's Day in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Valentine's Day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Valentine's Day in a Sentence

1. Will Humble:

   Measles can take up to 21 days to develop in a person who has been exposed to the disease, so we're not out of the woods quite yet ... but if we don't get any new cases by Valentine's Day, this outbreak is likely over for Arizona.

2. Joe Cassinelli:

   This was really going to be gangbuster weekend, all the restaurants in the area are basically trying to survive this winter, and we were all looking to Valentine’s Day.

3. White Castle:

   Love is in the air at White Castle as we celebrate this joyous holiday with a special Valentine’s Day dinner for our most dedicated Cravers and soon to be lifelong fans.

4. Kimberly Jensen:

   I hated Valentine's Day, and now I am looking forward to it. I am hoping to cuddle non-stop.

5. Christine Gilbert:

   I ordered a limo, and then we booked a couple of different bridal salons, it was on a Saturday, I think the week before Valentine's Day.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Valentine's Day
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine'S_Day
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Valentine's Day
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Valentine'SDay