holiday

n.

1. A memorial day

   feast day, fiesta, saint's day, legal holiday, holy day, festival, fete, centennial, bicentennial, tercentenary, carnival, gala day, jubilee, red-letter day, fast day; see also anniversary, celebration 1, 2.

   Common holidays in the United States include: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, Valentine's Day, Washington's Birthday, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

2. Christian holidays include: Epiphany, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy, Thursday, Passion Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Whitsunday, All Saint's Day, Christmas, Feast of the Nativity.

3. Jewish holidays include: Purim, Feast of Lots, Passover, Shavuot, Hebrew Pentecost, Feast of Weeks, Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles, Simhat Torah, Rejoicing of the Law, Hanukkah, Festival of Lights.

4. A vacation

   weekend, time off, leave, day off; see vacation.