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Thanksgiving

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Noun

1. thanksgiving, thanksgiving day

fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

2. blessing, grace, thanksgiving

a short prayer of thanks before a meal

Example Sentences:
'their youngest son said grace'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thanksgiving

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noun
1. 
the act of giving thanks
2. 
a. 
an expression of thanks to God
b. 
a public act of religious observance or a celebration in acknowledgment of divine favours

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Thanksgiving

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noun
1. 
a. 
the act of giving thanks
b. 
an expression of this; esp., a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of a prayer, etc.
2.  US; [T-]
a. 
an annual U.S. holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November as a day of giving thanks and feasting: it commemorates the Pilgrims' celebration of the good harvest of 1621
b. 
a similar Canadian holiday on the second Monday of October
in full Thanksgiving Day

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thanksgiving

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n.
1. An act of giving thanks; an expression of gratitude, especially to God: a hymn of thanksgiving.
2. Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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