Sunday

Meaning

1. A newspaper published on Sunday.
2. On Sunday.
3. A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
4. The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
5. Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.
6. To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
7. Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

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