| holy day | | |
| n. (time) | 1. holy day, religious holiday | a day specified for religious observance. |
| ~ fast day | a day designated for fasting. |
| ~ christian year, church year | the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons. |
| ~ holiday | a day on which work is suspended by law or custom.; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover" |
| ~ christian holy day | a religious holiday for Christians. |
| ~ jewish holy day | a religious holiday for Jews. |
| ~ dormition, feast of dormition | celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th. |
| sun | | |
| n. (object) | 1. sun | the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system.; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun" |
| ~ chromosphere | a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun. |
| ~ photosphere | the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun). |
| ~ solar system | the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field. |
| ~ star | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. sun, sunlight, sunshine | the rays of the sun.; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" |
| ~ light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation.; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" |
| ~ sunburst | a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds. |
| ~ sunbeam, sunray | a ray of sunlight. |
| n. (person) | 3. sun | a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc. |
| ~ important person, influential person, personage | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events. |
| n. (object) | 4. sun | any star around which a planetary system revolves. |
| ~ star | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. |
| n. (time) | 5. dominicus, lord's day, sun, sunday | first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians. |
| ~ day of rest, rest day | a day set aside for rest. |
| ~ weekend | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday. |
| v. (body) | 6. sun, sunbathe | expose one's body to the sun. |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| v. (perception) | 7. insolate, solarise, solarize, sun | expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" |
| ~ expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence.; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" |
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