Definitions for name day

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

name′ day`(n.)

  1. the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.

  2. the day on which a person is christened.

Origin of name day:

1715–25

Princeton's WordNet

  1. name day(noun)

    the feast day of a saint whose name one bears

Wiktionary

  1. name day(Noun)

    The feast day of the saint after whom one is named.


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