term day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of term day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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The term "day" is used to cover the hours of active, waking life, from breakfast to bedtime.
From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by Goodrich-Freer, A.
The term "day" is of itself very indefinite, being used in the Scriptures to designate periods of different length.
From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)
Hence a part of a day or night would be counted as a whole day, the term day obviously having two senses, as night and day, or day contrasted with night.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
As regards the term "day," it is surely a rule of sound criticism never to give an "extraordinary" meaning to a word, when the "ordinary" one will give good and intelligible sense to a passage.
From Creation and Its Records by Baden-Powell, Baden Henry
Hock-Tuesday was an important term day, rents being then payable, for with Michaelmas it divided the rural year into its winter and summer halves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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