Good Friday
the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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How to use Good Friday in a sentence
About 40 percent of the Good Friday participants fit all the criteria “very well.”
The governor and council had appointed a fast-day to be kept through the country upon Good-Friday for the success of the king.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. GoodrichThis scene is almost the same to-day in the public square on Good-Friday.
Mexico | Susan HaleAnd yt on Good-Friday last, they had a meetinge neare Pendle water syde.
Discovery of Witches | Thomas PottsThe early part of this day, which was Good-Friday, had been very differently passed.
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) | Frances Milton Trollope
Sad indeed was the aspect of all things within the cathedral on Good-Friday morning.
British Dictionary definitions for Good Friday
the Friday before Easter, observed as a commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Good Friday
The Friday before Easter Sunday; a day on which Christians (see also Christian) commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus. Good Friday means “holy Friday.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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