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Given all the uncertainty, Syrians are on their streets, returning to homes (14 million fled), dealing with everything from garbage collection, public safety, providing space to celebrate holy days, and planning a critical national dialogue.
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Brandon Hoffman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The two big Christian holy days are eternally linked.
—Lauren Green, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Because at roughly the same time, Christmas was also changing and becoming virtually two holidays: a spiritual holy day that focused on the Good News of the birth of Jesus Christ, and a secular commercial phenomenon that had little to do with Christianity at all.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The early Christian church established the holy days, All Saints’ Day (or All Hallows’ Day) and All Souls’ Day, to honor saints and the recently departed.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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Brandon Hoffman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The two big Christian holy days are eternally linked.
—Lauren Green, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Because at roughly the same time, Christmas was also changing and becoming virtually two holidays: a spiritual holy day that focused on the Good News of the birth of Jesus Christ, and a secular commercial phenomenon that had little to do with Christianity at all.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The early Christian church established the holy days, All Saints’ Day (or All Hallows’ Day) and All Souls’ Day, to honor saints and the recently departed.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holy day
legal holiday
Noun
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Technically, federal holidays are applicable only to federal employees and the District of Columbia, meaning states individually determine their legal holidays, according to the Congressional Research Service.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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If April 15 were to land on a weekend or a legal holiday, the deadline would move to the next business day, according to the IRS.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Holy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holy%20day. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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