holiday

holiday
n
1. vacation, day off, time off, breathing space or spell, respite, recess; furlough, leave, leave of absence, sabbatical.
2. gala day, red-letter day, banner day, field day; occasion, event, birthday, anniversary, jubilee; carnival, fair, kermis, Mardi gras; fete, gala, Inf. do, Sl. jamboree; junket, frolic, spree, whirl, lark, treat.
3. festival, saint's day, holy day, feast day, Rom. Cath. Ch. holy day of obligation, (in ancient Rome) feria; rite, ritual, ceremony, celebration, observance, keeping; remembrance, memorialization, commemoration.
adj
4. festal, festival, in holiday spirits, Inf.Christmassy; festive, convivial, joyous, merry, mirthful, gleeful; gay, sportive, fun-making, rollicking, good-time.
5. commemorative, memorial, in honor of.

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