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For our last Multi-Faith Conversation gathering of Fall Term, we'll be discussing holidays - favorite, most meaningful, etc.



Holiday [Middle English holidai, holy day, from Old English h[http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/amacr.gif]lig daeg : h[http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/amacr.gif]lig, holy; see holy + daeg, day; see day.]



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n.
1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.
2. A religious feast day; a holy day.
3. Chiefly British A vacation. Often used in the phrase on holiday.



Which definition works best for you?



Come join in the conversation over dinner tonight in the Tucker Foundation from 5:45-7pm!


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