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THANKSGIVING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short prayer of thanks before a meal
Example:
their youngest son said grace
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("thanksgiving" is a kind of...):
orison; petition; prayer (reverent petition to a deity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
Synonyms:
Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Thanksgiving" is a kind of...):
feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)
legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
Holonyms ("Thanksgiving" is a part of...):
Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)
Context examples:
Thanksgiving itself will be fantastic, for Jupiter will conjunct the moon, and Venus will be beautifully angled to Uranus, which is a cool, flirtatious, romantic vibration for those attached or seriously dating. (Even if you are not with someone now, Venus will make sure you have fun with friends.)
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)