Sunday clothes

American  

[suhn-dey klohz, klohthz, suhn-dee] / ˈsʌn deɪ ˈkloʊz, ˈkloʊðz, ˈsʌn di /

plural noun

1. a person's best or newest clothing, as saved for Sundays and special occasions.

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Etymology

Origin of Sunday clothes

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt’s Sunday clothes to dry and she hastened out to gather them before the rain fell.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

"Leave your church shoes and your Sunday clothes," sings Cristal over a trippy, charcoal-smudged beat.

From BBC • May 6, 2020

Some are even delightful: a cheering theater audience thrusting flowers at performers; a happy-looking family, perhaps in their Sunday clothes, walking down a busy street; and, of course, Lawrence’s iconic builders.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

And then there’s “Hello, Dolly!,” blissfully unaware of twenty-first-century troubles, imploring us to put on our Sunday clothes and get out into the glistening world.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

It was usually past two by the time they got out of their Sunday clothes, cooked dinner, and finally sat down to their long, lazy meal.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson