high day

noun

1. a holy or festal day.
2. heyday ¹.

high day

noun

1. a day of celebration; festival (esp in the phrase high days and holidays )

Word History and Origins

Origin of high day¹

1150–1200; Middle English heye dai feast day

Example Sentences

It was the Fourth of July, less the fire-crackers and the drunkenness, and it was the high day of the week.

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Such was the fact on the great Sabbath, the high day of the Jewish Pasch.

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The want of money is our weak side, and even in the high day of success we feel its pressure.

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Art thou to cease to work for Me, because the high day of excitements on the heights of Carmel are over?

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