term day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of term day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
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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 Aaron Walker
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 A. Goodrich-Freer
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 Henry Handel Richardson
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 Archibald Thomas Robertson
The term "day" is of itself very indefinite, being used in the Scriptures to designate periods of different length.
From The Last Reformation by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith
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