public holiday

noun

1. a holiday observed over the whole country

Example Sentences

Due to a South African public holiday on Friday, court was adjourned early and will resume on Monday, 24 March at 3:30am ET.

From The Daily Beast

Calling the wedding a “happy and momentous occasion,” Prime Minister David Cameron said the event would be a public holiday.

From The Daily Beast

He was condemned as a punishment to be torn to pieces by wild beasts on the first public holiday, in the great circus at Rome.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the first public holiday ever observed at the station, for it was still very young.

From Project Gutenberg

Every public holiday also was a family affair to be observed with the rigours of the family feast.

From Project Gutenberg

And in Germany this nearly always happens in civil life; while even on a Sunday or a public holiday the mob behaves itself.

From Project Gutenberg

The good people of Stockholm have a public holiday in honour of Bellman, a Swedish poet, who died forty years ago.

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