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Definition of Remembrance Sunday
1. Noun. The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated.
Geographical relationships: Canada, Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Holiday
Definition of Remembrance Sunday
1. Proper noun. (chiefly British) Remembrance Day ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remembrance Sunday
Literary usage of Remembrance Sunday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On My Honour: Guides and Scouts in Interwar Britain by Tammy M. Proctor (2002)
"... the honor every year of forming the guard of honor for the Queen and the Royal
Family in the Remembrance Sunday services held at the Cenotaph in London. ..."
2. The Works of the Rev. John Wesley by John Wesley (1810)
"... and mingled with those venerable records, which are worthy to be had in
everlasting remembrance. Sunday 23, I buried the body of Elizabeth Bamfield, ..."
3. Londonby Alice Taucher, Ken Bernstein by Alice Taucher, Ken Bernstein (2000)
"... austere memorial designed by Edward Lutyens after World War I to honour the
dead, and the national focus of the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in November. ..."
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