thanksgiving
noun
the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
thanksgivings
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pluralof thanksgiving.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They are usually full of colourful thanksgivings led by families and parish groups and this would have been no different.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2022
“There’s compelling evidence that the first English Thanksgiving occurred here, but that was over 1,000 years behind the thanksgivings offered by indigenous people,” said Stephen Adkins, 73, chief of Virginia’s Chickahominy tribe.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
Historians have noted that New England’s calendar was one of the most physically draining ever adopted, with colonists working practically every day save for Sabbath, Election Day, public thanksgivings and “days of humiliation.”
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2015
The ceremonies went on the air with the national anthem, thanksgivings for the late Mr. Carnegie, and warblings by a home-grown soprano, who sang The Last Rose of Summer as an encore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among Christians, prayers, supplications and thanksgivings have taken the place of the sacrifices of the old covenant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
