Lord's Day

noun

Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

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Christian SabbathFirst Dayfirst-day SabbathSabbathSundayDominicusSun
OriginEcclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus ← Old Norse dróttinsdagr →
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Meanings

Lord's Day1

nounLord's Day (plural Lord's Days)

plural Lord's Days · alternative Lord’s Day · alternative Lord’s day · alternative Lord's day · alternative Lordsday

  1. Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

    Today was Sunday, and Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. I guess it was her Sunday corset.

    1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
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    All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed.

    1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 1”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 1

    Synonyms: Christian Sabbath, First Day, first-day Sabbath, Sabbath

Lord's day2

nounLord's day (plural Lord's days)

plural Lord's days

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lord's Day.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.

Similar
Christian SabbathFirst Dayfirst-day SabbathSabbath

More synonyms by meaning

nounfirst day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

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SundayDominicusSun
Broader
rest dayday of rest
Also see
day of the lordsabbathsunsunday

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Norsedróttinsdagr“Lord's day”
  2. Ecclesiastical Latindiēs Dominicus
  3. EnglishLord's Day

A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 主日
  • 主日 (zyu² jat⁶)Lord's Day
Chinese Mandarin 主日
  • 主日 (zhǔrì)Lord's Day
Dutch dag des Heren
  • dag des HerenLord's Day
Finnish lepopäivä
  • lepopäiväLord's Day
French jour du Seigneur
  • jour du SeigneurLord's Day
German Herrentag, Herrntag
  • HerrentagLord's Day
  • HerrntagLord's Day
  • Tag des HerrnLord's Day
Japanese 主日
  • 主日 (shujitsu)Lord's Day
Korean 주일
  • 주일 (ju'il)Lord's Day
Latin diēs Dominicus
  • diēs DominicusLord's Day
Polish Dzień Pański
  • Dzień PańskiLord's Day
Swahili Siku ya Bwana
  • Siku ya BwanaLord's Day
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APA

Lord's Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord's%20Day

MLA

“Lord's Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord's%20Day. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lord's Day,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lord's%20Day.

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