What does Sunday mean?

Definitions for Sunday
ˈsʌn deɪ, -disun·day

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Sunday.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus, Sunnoun

    first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

  2. Sunday, Billy Sunday, William Ashley Sundaynoun

    United States evangelist (1862-1935)

Wiktionary

  1. Sundaynoun

    The seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard, or the first day of the week in many religious traditions. The Sabbath for most Christians; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

  2. Sundayadverb

    On Sunday

  3. Etymology: sunnenday from sunnandæg, from sunne, + dæg, as a translation of dies solis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sundaynoun

    The day anciently dedicated to the sun; the first day of the week; the Christian sabbath.

    Etymology: sun and day.

    If thou wilt needs thrust thy neck into a yoke, wear the print of it, and sigh away Sundays. William Shakespeare.

    An’ she were not kin to me, she would be as fair on Friday as Helen is on Sunday. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

    At prime they enter’d on the Sunday morn;
    Rich tap’stry spread the streets. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Sunday

    Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Western countries, Sunday is a day of rest and a part of the weekend. It is often considered the first day of the week. For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday is generally observed as a day of worship and rest, recognising it as the Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection; in the United States, Canada, Japan, the Philippines as well as in most of South America, Sunday is the first day of the week. According to the Hebrew calendar and traditional calendars (including Christian calendars) Sunday is the first day of the week; Quaker Christians call Sunday the "first day" in accordance with their testimony of simplicity. The International Organization for Standardization, which is based in Switzerland, calls Sunday the seventh day of the week.

ChatGPT

  1. Sunday

    Sunday is typically the seventh day of the week and is considered a day of rest or leisure in many cultures. It is associated with religious observances, family time, relaxation, or engaging in recreational activities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sundaynoun

    the first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day

  2. Sundayadjective

    belonging to the Christian Sabbath

Wikidata

  1. Sunday

    Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. For some Christians, Sunday is observed as a day for worship of God and rest, due to the belief that it is Lord's Day, the day of Christ's resurrection. Sunday is a day of rest in most Western countries, part of 'the weekend'. In all Muslim countries, Sunday is a normal working day and Friday is the day of rest, Muslims also go to jummah prayer. According to the Hebrew calendars and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week. According to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601 Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is '00 or '01. The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday..

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sunday

    sun′dā, n. the first day of the week, so called because anciently dedicated to the sun or its worship.—ns. Sun′day-best, one's best clothes; Sun′day-saint, one whose religion is confined to Sundays; Sun′day-school, a school for religious instruction for children, held on Sunday. [A.S. sunnan dæg; Ger. sonntag.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. sunday

    Ought to be a day of rest at sea as well as on shore, when religious services might generally be performed. Though called the negro's holiday, it often brings but little cessation from work in some merchantmen; they sail on a Sunday, not because of exigency, but because it is otherwise a leisure day, and thereby gained to the owners.

Editors Contribution

  1. Sunday

    A day of the week.

    On a Sunday we like to do things as a family, sometimes we go to the park, have friends around to eat dinner with, play outdoors or play games indoors if we feel like it,


    Submitted by MaryC on January 23, 2016  

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Sunday

    The first day of the week, dedicated in the Scandinavian mythology to sun-worship.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SUNDAY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sunday is ranked #9147 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sunday surname appeared 3,567 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Sunday.

    81.8% or 2,918 total occurrences were White.
    6.4% or 229 total occurrences were Black.
    4.6% or 164 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    3.1% or 111 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.7% or 97 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.3% or 48 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Sunday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1244

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Sunday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #598

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sunday in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sunday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Sunday in a Sentence

  1. Charles de LEUSSE:

    Christ has global funeral, every Sunday and since twenty centuries. (Jésus a des funérailles mondiales, - Tous les dimanches, et depuis vingt siècles.)

  2. Randy Vogt:

    By Sunday they'll be gone, having the U.S. in the final is great for our business.

  3. De Mistura:

    I have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously, and therefore to be in a position on, probably, Sunday, to actually start the discussion with them, in order to be able to proceed with the intra-Syrian talks.

  4. Michael Scott:

    Leading up to the Easter holiday and being about the message of the cross we're going to see a little kick in the coming weeks as we head towards Palm Sunday.

  5. Emmanuel Macron:

    You can not make a trade war with your allies, it's too complicated if you make war against everybody, you make trade war against China, trade war against Europe, war in Syria, war against Sunday Iran, it doesn't work. You need allies.

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