Definition of Empire day

1. Noun. British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth.

Exact synonyms: Commonwealth Day, May 24
Generic synonyms: Legal Holiday, National Holiday, Public Holiday
Group relationships: May

Lexicographical Neighbors of Empire Day

Emmys
Emory
Emory oak
Empedocles
Emperor Francis II
Emperor Napoleon III
Emperor of Rome
Emperor palm
Emperor palms
Empetraceae
Empetrum
Empire
Empire State
Empire State of the South
Empire day
Empirin
Empsonian
Empty Quiver
Emsworth
Emu novaehollandiae
Emydidae
En-lil
Enawene Nawe
Enbrel
Enceladan
Enceladean
Enceladus
Encelia
Encelia farinosa

Literary usage of Empire 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)
"Under all the circumstances, it seems best to the compiler to include under the general head of empire day, literature relating to the late Queen Victoria, ..."

2. Journal of Education by Nova Scotia Dept. of Education (1908)
"empire day. The proper flag for empire day is not the Nova Scotian flag, ... At some celebrations of empire day the orators talked as if it were a Dominion ..."

3. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"I have a communication before me now from him which concludes as follows: ' If " empire day " were simultaneously celebrated in all schools throughout the ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1907)
"... Clause 1—The Training of Naval Officers—Visit of German Civic Functionaries—Relations with Russia—Debate on Disarmament in the Lords—empire day: Mr. ..."

5. The Struggle for Imperial Unity: Recollections and Experiences by George Taylor Denison (1909)
"... CHAPTER XXII 1899: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF empire day THE Fourth Annual Meeting of the League in Canada was held in Ottawa on the 6th April, 1899. ..."

6. A Treasury of South African Poetry and Verse by Edward Heath Crouch (1907)
"empire day. (MAY 24TH.) LOVE we our Motherland, The Eden home of mighty realms to be, The nation-teeming isle; Despite her scowling strand, She wears the ..."

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