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Definition of National holiday
1. Noun. Authorized by law and limiting work or official business.
Specialized synonyms: January 1, New Year's, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Decoration Day, Memorial Day, Fourth Of July, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12, Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Boxing Day, Bank Holiday, Commonwealth Day, Empire Day, May 24, Dominion Day, July 1, 14 July, Bastille Day, Armistice Day, November 11, Veterans Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Victoria Day
Generic synonyms: Holiday
Definition of National holiday
1. Noun. A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. ¹
2. Noun. A public holiday. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of National Holiday
Literary usage of National holiday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1888)
"of May a national holiday, was received and adopted. The committee appointed at
the last annual encampment for the purpose of having an act passed by the ..."
2. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"... to the State—Make election day a national holiday—The General Assembly passes
resolution favoring it—The preamble to be discussed at all meetings. ..."
3. The Chartist Movement in Its Social and Economic Aspects by Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt (1916)
"keenly felt at this critical period, and the " national holiday " turned out a
complete fiasco, causing some disturbances in several towns, but generally ..."
4. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"Though the first of January is a truly national holiday, it is not a legal holiday
in the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. ..."
5. Tricolored Sketches in Paris: During the Years 1851-2-3 by Frank Boott Goodrich (1855)
"THE COUNTRY PREPARES TO VOTE AGAIN—A LAW ON THE EDITORS— THE national holiday—OUR
SAVIOUR AND THE DUKE OF ..."
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