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Definition of Midsummer Day
1. Noun. A quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
Generic synonyms: Quarter Day
Group relationships: June
Definition of Midsummer Day
1. Noun. 24th June, an English quarter day. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midsummer Day
Literary usage of Midsummer Day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Election of sheriffs on Midsummer-day. Chief Justice North attend?. Lord Mayor
summoned before the council. for the election of their successors, ..."
2. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Where to be on a Midsummer-day.—Midsummer by Lake Siljan. ... There are no parts
of Scandinavia where the midsummer-day is more interesting than on the ..."
3. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Many a fisherman of the Elbe knows better than to launch his boat and trust
himself to the treacherous river on Midsummer Day. And Samland fishermen will ..."
4. Some Longer Elizabethan Poems by Arthur Henry Bullen (1903)
"... one of the five ordinary Messengers of Her Majesty's Chamber : who departed
from Tower Wharf, on Midsummer Day last^past, with ANDREW HILL and WILLIAM ..."
5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"-aika time round Midsummer day; ... -Juhla Midsummer day; feast of St. John the
Baptist, -kokko 1. -tuli Midsummer eve bonfire, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1888)
"NETHERWOOD BARN: A TRAGEDY OF Midsummer Day. BY BENJAMIN SCOTT. IN the heart of
Worcestershire, about midway between Droitwich and Spetchley, lies the small ..."
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