SUNDAY

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States evangelist (1862-1935)

Synonyms:

Billy Sunday; Sunday; William Ashley Sunday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist (a preacher of the Christian gospel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Sunday" is a kind of...):

day of rest; rest day (a day set aside for rest)

Holonyms ("Sunday" is a part of...):

weekend (a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday)

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Context examples:

They left Brighton together on Sunday night, and were traced almost to London, but not beyond; they are certainly not gone to Scotland.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

All Sunday I was kept hard at work, and yet by Monday I had only got as far as H.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The third day succeeding their knowledge of the particulars, was so fine, so beautiful a Sunday as to draw many to Kensington Gardens, though it was only the second week in March.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

No intercourse with Harriet possible but by note; no church for her on Sunday any more than on Christmas Day; and no need to find excuses for Mr. Elton's absenting himself.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close approach to Saturn's large, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion on Sunday, May 31.

(Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion, NASA)

Sundays were dreary days in that wintry season.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Experts expect the shower to peak overnight Saturday into Sunday, though the Perseids could be a bit harder to see this year with the moon nearly full.

(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)

The fires, believed to have been sparked by lightning on Saturday, were fanned by dry, hot winds as temperatures reached 41 C (106 F) throughout Sunday.

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it’s cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday.

(November Supermoon a Spectacular Sight, NASA)

It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.