Sunday

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

II. Sunday ·noun The first day of the week, — consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.

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