Dominion Day
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A few months after the 1982 law was passed, a bill changed the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2017
So that's why Canada Day was originally known as "Dominion Day" when the July 1 national holiday was established in 1879.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2017
It mattered not that H. R. H. was in fact too hoarse with a cold to speak or even attend the Dominion Day dinner.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Capitalize the names of holidays and days observed as holidays by churches, as Fourth of July, Dominion Day, Good Friday, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit
The schoolmaster made up his mind that if he lived till the next first of July, he would show the people what a Dominion Day celebration ought to be.
From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
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