DAY OF REST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does day of rest mean? 

• DAY OF REST (noun)
  The noun DAY OF REST has 1 sense:

1. a day set aside for rest

  Familiarity information: DAY OF REST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAY OF REST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A day set aside for rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

day of rest; rest day

Hypernyms ("day of rest" is a kind of...):

day of the week (any one of the seven days in a week)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day of rest"):

Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday (first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians)

Sabbath (a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims)