Lord's Day

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Lord's Day^¹

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A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)

noun Lord's Days · Lord’s Day · Lord’s day · Lord's day · Lordsday

Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath. All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be ob
Similar: Christian Sabbath, First Day, first-day Sabbath, Sabbath

Lord's day^²

noun Lord's days

alternative Alternative form of Lord's Day

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noun Lord's Day

한국어	주일 ju'il
日本語	主日 shujitsu
中文	主日 zhǔrì
Kiswahili	Siku ya Bwana
Français	jour du Seigneur
Deutsch	Herrentag, Herrntag, Tag des Herrn

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"Lord's Day." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lord's%20day. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{lord_s_day_2026,
  title = {Lord's Day},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lord's%20day},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}