RED-LETTER DAY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("red-letter day" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

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