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A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.
A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.
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One given to daydreams.
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Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
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The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.
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(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
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A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
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The sun, as the orb of day.
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The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
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Labor hired or performed by the day.
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A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
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The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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The present day.
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The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
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The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
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One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
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The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
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On this day; on the present day.
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