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Definition of Dominion day
1. Noun. A legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867.
Geographical relationships: Canada
Generic synonyms: Legal Holiday, National Holiday, Public Holiday
Group relationships: July
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominion Day
Literary usage of Dominion day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"The significance of dominion day is purely Canadian, and it celebrates an event
... dominion day, therefore, arouses a national enthusiasm, which is a most ..."
2. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
""dominion day-South Jersey" Cross (29/119). :-. The second generation of this
cross was grown and the results are so favorable that seed was saved ..."
3. A Treasury of Canadian Verse: With Brief Biographical Notes by Theodore H Rand (1900)
"... dominion day /CANADA, Canada, land of the maple, *^ Queen of the forest and
river and lake, Open thy soul to the voice of thy people, Close not thy ..."
4. Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada by John George Bourinot (1916)
"In 1891 the Commons sat on dominion day to expedite business, but it usually
adjourns on that day. In 1883 the Senate met on the Queen's birthday on account ..."
5. A Legal Hand-book and Law-list for the Dominion of Canada and a Book of by Louis-H. Taché, Taché, Louis-H., 1859-1927 (1888)
"dominion day. Christmas Day. When Hew Year's Day and Christmas fall on a Sunday,
... When dominion day or Christmas falls on a Sunday, the following day is ..."
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