Thanksgiving
nameEtymology
A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving.
Definitions
Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth…
Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day
The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.
- Thus Sukkot became the Jewish Thanksgiving.
- The German Thanksgiving Day typically is on the first day of October when samples of the new harvest are displayed in churches.
- To apply this technique in the context of the Minnesota Korean community, I utilized Korean holiday events such as Korean Thanksgiving Day (called Chusok in Korean) and the Korean New Year Day (called solnal in Korean).
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The expression of gratitude.
- Now the happy king laid the forehead of thankſgiving upon the duſt of gratitude; he opened the doors of his wealth to the four winds, and enriched the world, at once, with his munificence.
A short prayer said at meals
A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
The neighborhood
- neighborthanksgiver
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at Thanksgiving. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at thanksgiving. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at thanksgiving
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA