Buddhist religious practice stems from the Hindu belief that every new moon or full moon day should be set apart for observance. In Buddhism, the half-moon days also have special status. In Sri Lanka, each Poya day—the day of the rise of the...

(from “holy day”), originally, a day of dedication to religious observance; in modern times, a day of either religious or secular commemoration. Many holidays of the major world religions tend to occur at the approximate dates of more...

Five holy days besides the weekly *Sabbath are mentioned in the *Bible:- Passover (*Pesah), Weeks (*Shavuot) and Tabernacles (*Sukkot)—the three *pilgrim festivals—and the *High Holy Days—the New Year (*Rosh Hashanah) and the Day of...

Every day is not a holiday. (Italian) It will not do to keep holidays before they come. (French) The holiday will not last forever....

’Tis easier to keep holy days than holy commandments....

The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. A contraction of holy and day, holidays originally represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day of rest (as opposed...