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 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)
And driving to Ocock's office, on term day, he resolved to go on afterwards to the Bank of Australasia and there deposit this sum.
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
Why should we try to measure this term day, in its first occurrences, by a chronometer which did not come into use until the fourth day?
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Walker, Aaron
On April 16 Kennedy had a term day.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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
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