name day
noun
the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
name days
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pluralof name day.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The government later picked energy consultant Adriano Pires to succeed him, but Pires withdrew his name days later.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2022
To be fair to Loesch, she did criticize CNN for not just saying the name but said, “You’re still saying the name days after the shootings.”
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2018
A Facebook page and Twitter account were set up under his name days before the rampage.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2011
Maester Aemon had counted more than a hundred name days, Jon knew.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Besides that, four times a year, on the name days and birthdays of the hosts, as many as a hundred visitors would gather there for a day or two.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
