"public holiday" | Definition and Related Words

public holiday

Noun

Authorized by law and limiting work or official business (synset 115224427)
is a type of: holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
subtypes:
- january 1, new year's, new year's day - the first day of the year
- martin luther king day, martin luther king jr's birthday - observed on the Monday closest to January 15
- presidents' day - the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
- decoration day, memorial day - legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
- fourth of july, independence day, july 4 - a legal holiday in the United States
- labor day - first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
- columbus day, discovery day, october 12 - a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
- christmas, christmas day, dec 25, xmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
- boxing day - first weekday after Christmas
- bank holiday - any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
- commonwealth day, empire day, may 24 - British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
- dominion day, july 1 - a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
- 14 july, bastille day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
- armistice day, november 11, veterans day, veterans' day - a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
- thanksgiving, thanksgiving day - fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
- victoria day - a public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th
same as: legal holiday, national holiday

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