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thanksgiving Definition

thanks·giv·ing (t̸haŋks′giv)

noun

    1. the act of giving thanks
    2. an expression of this; esp., a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of a prayer, etc.
    1. an annual U.S. holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November as a day of giving thanks and feasting: it commemorates the Pilgrims' celebration of the good harvest of 1621
    2. a similar Canadian holiday on the second Monday of October

Thanksgiving Synonyms

Thanksgiving

n.

ceremony of giving thanks, day of blessing, day of worship, Thanksgiving Day, festival of plenty, last Thursday in November, turkey day*; see also celebration 1, 2, feast, holiday 1.

thanksgiving Usage Examples

Converse of object

offer: The very first thing that Noah does is offer a thanksgiving to the Lord - his first act is one of prayer.

Preposition: for

  • birth: How many services of thanksgiving for the birth of a child have there been in the last five years?
  • life: I took a service of thanksgiving for the life of a young man.
  • gift: For Pentecost, organize a service of thanksgiving for the gifts of creation, not forgetting their proper use.
  • deliverance: The service of thanksgiving for deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot remained in the Prayer Book for 254 years.
  • year: Part of the thanksgiving for the 75 years of worship and witness at Starbeck Methodist Church.
  • work: Bishop Declan will be celebrating a Mass of thanksgiving for the work of all those who are involved in the work of Catholic Education.

Adjective modifier

  • public: The third is being able to give public thanksgiving together through Jesus to His Father in the Holy Spirit.
  • much: My mentioning our sister's release occasioned much thanksgiving to God.
  • joyful: Please join us to share in this service of hope and joyful thanksgiving for the resurrection of Jesus after the despair of the Cross.
  • general: Parliament was so glad of the fall of Pendennis that they made September 22 a day of general thanksgiving.
  • great: I have great respect for at least one man who holds that view, and I think of him with great thanksgiving.

Modifies a noun

  • drehobl: The range the it didn't last long crowdaround thanksgiving drehobl on the aim.
  • prayer: Often a tree or group of trees would be chosen to become a place of worship or of thanksgiving prayers to ancestors.
  • service: The thanksgiving service will start at 11am on Sunday 2 July.
  • day: And then I tell you we'd have a thanksgiving day and Christmas tree combined.
  • offering: The thanksgiving psalms seem to have been used in public worship, often in conjunction with a thanksgiving offering.
  • mass: THANKSGIVING MASS for the Holy Father Sunday October 26 th, 6 p.m. at St. Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham.

Noun used with modifier

  • crowdaround: The range the it didn't last long crowdaround thanksgiving drehobl on the aim.
  • harvest: This is harvest thanksgiving, thanking God for the favorable conditions which have enabled the farmers to secure a good yield.

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