holidays
Example Sentences
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They hav no holydays, no eight-hour sistem, nor never strike for enny higher wages.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
As early as the third and fourth centuries laws were made confirming the primitive customs of assisting at Mass and resting on Sundays and holydays.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Example: If a person has neglected inquiry about holydays of obligation, and through his own neglect believes that Good Friday is a holyday, he does not sin by attending the services that day.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
A pretty boy of curious wit, All people spoke his praise, And in the corner would he sit In Christmas holydays.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
On all the Sundays and holydays men rose to attend services and usually spent some hours in this occupation.
From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
