Dominion Day
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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So that's why Canada Day was originally known as "Dominion Day" when the July 1 national holiday was established in 1879.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2017
A few months after the 1982 law was passed, a bill changed the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2017
It mattered not that H. R. H. was in fact too hoarse with a cold to speak or even attend the Dominion Day dinner.
From Time Magazine Archive
The schoolmaster made up his mind that if he lived till the next first of July, he would show the people what a Dominion Day celebration ought to be.
From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
After the Dominion Day banquet Lord Strathcona also held a Reception in Piccadilly attended by a great gathering of Canadian and other Colonial celebrities.
From The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell)
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