单词 | sunday observance |
释义 | > as lemmasSunday observance Sunday observance n. the keeping of Sunday as a day of rest and religious worship; Sunday Observance Act, a law ( Act 29 Car. II, c. 7 (1677)) regulating this in England (repealed in 1969). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > observance of Sabbatism1611 sabbatizing1613 Sabbath-keeping1643 sabbatizationa1645 Sunday observance1797 1797 tr. Chateaubriand in Monthly Rev. 22 App. 545 The temples are shut all the week, and a few short prayers compose the whole Sunday observance. 1857 Punch 4 July 4/2 Having put down the Sabbatarians and secured rational liberty to the millions in respect to Sunday observance. 1897 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 2 171 Compare s. 3 of the Sunday Observance Act, 1677 (29 Chas. 2, c. 7). 2007 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 33 The union would have much support in its objections [to Sunday banking], not the least from the Sunday observance lobby. < as lemmas |
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