Good Friday

American  

noun

1. the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.

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Good Friday British  

noun

1. the Friday before Easter, observed as a commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus

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Good Friday Cultural  

1. The Friday before Easter Sunday; a day on which Christians (see also Christian) commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus. Good Friday means “holy Friday.”

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Etymology

Origin of Good Friday

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English

Example Sentences

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Good Friday

In that process, the Irish Republican Army and its allies disarmed more than seven years after the 1998 signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But his unhappiness with the party became obvious as political negotiations at Stormont moved towards the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Three decades later, after the Good Friday Accords were signed and the Troubles largely receded into memory, there were no such objections.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

The U.S. stock market was closed the next day for Good Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

On the Saturday morning after Good Friday, we would walk swiftly to shul, me holding little Rivka and my mother holding Gittel, because the twins had been infants back then, and infants couldn’t run.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros