Thanksgiving
[,θæŋks'ɡɪvɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
(n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
Edited by Enrico
Examples
- Let us adore Him with praise and thanksgiving. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The white vapor of the kiln was passing from us as we went by, and as I had thought a prayer before, I thought a thanksgiving now. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her Thanksgiving hasn't been a very cheerful one, I'm afraid. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- About this time she was farther cheered by an invitation to spend the Thanksgiving week at a camp in the Adirondacks. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- At first an expression of terror overspread the features of the woman who confronted me--then startled incredulity--hope--thanksgiving. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I rose from the thanksgiving--took a resolve--and lay down, unscared, enlightened--eager but for the daylight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He had for us all the kindest good-morrow, and most of us for him had a thanksgiving smile. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- These points had been raised, as usual, at Mrs. Archer's Thanksgiving dinner. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My devotions that night were all thanksgiving. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That he ought to be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Edited by Henry