thanksgiving
see also: Thanksgiving
Pronunciation Noun
Thanksgiving
Proper noun
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see also: Thanksgiving
Pronunciation Noun
thanksgiving
- an expression of gratitude.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- a short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
- A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
- French: remerciement
- German: Danksagung
- Russian: благодаре́ние
- Spanish: acción de gracias
- Russian: благода́рственный моле́бен
- Spanish: acción de gracias
Thanksgiving
Proper noun
- (Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
- (Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
- An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.
- 1999, Sol Scharfstein, Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs: Historical and Contemporary, KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881256260, page 39
- Thus Sukkot became the Jewish Thanksgiving.
- 2006, James R. Dow, German Folklore: A Handbook, Greenwood Publishing Group
- The German Thanksgiving Day typically is on the first day of October when samples of the new harvest are displayed in churches.
- 2008, Negotiating Ethnic Identities: A Study of Korean Americans and Adoptees in Minnesota, ProQuest ISBN 9780549940715, page 82
- To apply this technique in the context of the Minnesota Korean community, I utilized Korean holiday events such as Korean Thanksgiving Day (called Chusok in Korean) and the Korean New Year Day (called solnal in Korean).
- 1999, Sol Scharfstein, Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs: Historical and Contemporary, KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881256260, page 39
- French: Action de grâce, Action de grâces, Thanksgiving
- German: Thanksgiving, Erntedankfest
- Italian: giorno del ringraziamento
- Portuguese: Dia de Ação de Graças
- Russian: День благодаре́ния
- Spanish: Día de Acción de Gracias
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