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单词 thanksgiving
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thanksgivingn.

Brit. /ˌθaŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/, /ˈθaŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: < thanks, plural of thank n. + giving n.
1.
a. The giving of thanks; the expression of thankfulness or gratitude; esp. the act of giving thanks to God.
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society > faith > worship > [noun]
worthingeOE
bigengOE
worshipOE
knowledgingc1225
praising?c1225
holinessc1275
servicec1275
servingc1275
shrifta1300
anourc1330
worshippinga1333
devotion1340
blessing1382
the calves of our lipsc1384
gloryc1384
magnifyingc1384
worshipfulnessc1390
adoringc1405
divine service1415
adorationc1443
reverencingc1443
praise1447
culture1483
common servicea1500
venerationa1530
thanksgiving1533
cult1613
cultus1617
doxology1649
glorifying1748
feasting1840
the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanking or thanksgiving
thankingc893
thanksgiving1533
thank-render1548
gratulation1579
surrender1594
gratificationa1597
Eucharist1604
Eucharistic1623
1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde E iv b One or other Psalme or prayer of thankes giuyng in the mother tongue.
1539 Bible (Great) 1 Tim. iv. 4 For all the creatures of God are good, and nothing to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankesgeuynge.
1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 29 Gyf sic zeirlie memorial in blythnes and thankisgeifing wes haldin.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 193 I cannot stay thankes-giuing. View more context for this quotation
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man v. §8. 113 The fifth part of prayer is thanksgiving; That is, the praising, and blessing God for all his mercies.
1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 159 Think how full of thanksgiving were my prayers last night.
b. A public celebration, with religious services, held as a solemn acknowledgement of Divine favours; also, a day set apart for this purpose; spec. in U.S., Thanksgiving Day (see Compounds 2).
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > [noun] > thanking or thanksgiving > public
thanksgiving1641
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > thanksgiving > [noun]
supplication1600
thanksgiving1641
Te Deum1679
the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
1641 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 10 It was resolved that there shalbe on ye 7th of September next a publique thanksgiving for this good accord betweene ye 2 nacions.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 217 Publick Thanksgivings were Ordered to be given to God for this Victory.
1760 J. Adams Diary 26 Nov. (1961) I. 173 Night before Thanksgiving.
1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxvii. 346 Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 87 By Thanksgiving Mac had beaten his way to Sacramento.
1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 50/1 The resort is situated at 7,000 feet..with a ski season extending from Thanksgiving to mid-May.
2. An act or expression of thanks; esp. a form of words, a prayer or religious service used to render thanks for Divine benefits. General Thanksgiving, the first of the forms of thanksgiving in the Book of Common Prayer, that for the blessings of life in general. Great Thanksgiving, in early and eastern liturgies: see quot. 1719.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxix. [xl.] 3 He hath put a new songe in my mouth, euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God.
1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Churchynge of Women sig. R.iv (heading) The thankes geuing of women after childe birth.
1662 Bk. Common Prayer (heading) Prayers & Thanksgivings upon several occasions... A General Thanksgiving.
1719 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ VI. xv. iii. 651 After this the Priest went on with the εὐχαριστία properly so called, that is the great Thanksgiving to God for all his Mercies both of Creation, Providence, and Redemption.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 185 The ministers selected from that liturgy such prayers and thanksgivings as were likely to be least offensive to the people.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations.
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c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 36 The next Sunday was the thankesgiving-Sermonds, perform'd in Coll: Gorings Regiment.
1814 R. Southey Carmen Triumph. xvi With one consent, The high thanksgiving strain to heaven is sent,..Glory to God! Deliverance for Mankind!
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 17 They had still in their ears the thanksgiving sermons and thanksgiving anthems.
1902 I. Hamilton Let. 8 June in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. i. 145 We have just had our Thanksgiving Service.
1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 338 On the 14th a great thanksgiving-service was held in the Cathedral.
C2. The first celebration was held by the Plymouth colony in 1621, in thankfulness for their first harvest in America after a year of struggle and privation, and the usage became general in New England. After the Revolution, it extended to the Middle States, and later to the West; after the Civil War gradually to the South. Its national observance has been annually recommended by the President since 1863.
Thanksgiving Day n. a day set apart for public thanksgiving for Divine goodness; spec. in the United States, an annual festival religious and social, now appointed by proclamation and celebrated (since 1941) on the fourth Thursday in November; also in Canada, celebrated on the second Monday in October.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time > specific festivals
saturnals1487
Saturnalia1538
wake-day1538
Thanksgiving Day1674
Garland Day1833
wake-week1870
wakes week1886
Thump Sunday1916
thanksgiving1930
Garland Sunday1933
Garland Friday1960
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day1674
harvest festival1882
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 214 Towards night I returned to Boston again, the next day being Thanksgiving day, on Fryday the Tenth day we weighed Anchor.
1704 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 460 Sir Christopher Wrenn is erecting a throne in St. Pauls cathedral for her majestie to sitt in on the thanksgiving day.
1714 S. Sewall Diary 25 Nov. (1973) II. 776 Thanks-giving day; very cold.
1844 J. G. Whittier Pumpkin iii Ah! on Thanksgiving day..When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored.
1903 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 5/1 Thanksgiving Day long remained an institution peculiar to New England, but it has been observed annually in New York State since 1817.
Thanksgiving dinner n. U.S. a dinner, usually consisting of traditional dishes, served on Thanksgiving Day.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions
plough feast1355
king ale1472
natal1484
primifeste1551
mayor's feast1578
sheep-shearing feast1586
sheep-shearing1611
christening1617
bean-feast1805
updrinking1819
Thanksgiving dinner1830
bump supper1845
potlatch1858
stag1904
rehearsal dinner1906
1830 Workingman's Gaz. (Woodstock, Vermont) 1 Dec. 78/2 They have added to the comfort and happiness of those, whose scanty pittance would hardly allow them to enjoy the luxuries of Thanksgiving dinner.
a1892 W. Whitman Daybks. & Notebks. (1978) I. 89 Took Thanksgiving dinner there Nov 26 '80.
1981 Washington Post 22 Nov. k 1/3 Thanksgiving dinner starts with an enormous glut of oysters.
Thanksgiving turkey n. U.S. a turkey served as a traditional part of a Thanksgiving dinner.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > turkey
turkey1573
Thanksgiving turkey1829
1829 Virginia Herald (Fredericksburg, Va.) 25 Apr. 4/1 (heading) A Thanksgiving Turkey.
1960 American Home Nov. 50 Who should know better how to roast a Thanksgiving turkey or bake a mince pie than the women of early America.
1981 Washington Post 26 Nov. b1/1 Such a small Thanksgiving turkey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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