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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Thanks"giv`ing, n.
1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for
favors or mercies.
Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. --1
Tim. iv. 4.
In the thanksgiving before meat. --Shak.
And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of
high thanksgiving still. --Keble.
2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness;
also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to
acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable
deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary
dispensation of his bounties.
Note: In the United States it is now customary for the
President by proclamation to appoint annually a day
(usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving
and praise to God for the mercies of the past year.
This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in
several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has
been appointed by proclamation of the governor.
Meaning of Thanksgiving from wikipedia
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Thanksgiving is a
national holiday celebrated on
various dates in
October and
November in the
United States, Canada,
Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially...
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Thanksgiving is a
federal holiday in the
United States celebrated on the
fourth Thursday of November.
Outside the
United States, it is
sometimes called...
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Thanksgiving (French:
Action de grâce) or
Thanksgiving Day (French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), is an
annual Canadian holiday held on the
second Monday...
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Thanksgiving is a 2023
American slasher film
directed by Eli Roth and
written by Jeff Rendell,
based on a
story by the pair, who
produced with
Roger Birnbaum...
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Thanksgiving Parade may
refer to the
following annual parades that take
place on
Thanksgiving Day currently, previously, or
originally presented by department...
- The
centerpiece of
contemporary Thanksgiving in the
United States is
Thanksgiving dinner (informally
called turkey dinner), a
large meal
generally centered...
- The Macy's
Thanksgiving Day
Parade is an
annual parade in New York City
presented by the U.S.-based
department store chain Macy's. The
Parade first took...
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games on
Thanksgiving Day,
patterned upon the
historic playing of
college football games on or
around the
November holiday. The NFL's
Thanksgiving Day games...
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Black Friday is the
Friday after
Thanksgiving in the
United States. It
traditionally marks the
start of the
Christmas shopping season in the
United States...
- the
United States.
Thanksgiving or
Thanksgiving Day may also
refer to:
Thanksgiving (Canada)
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving (2004 film), a 2004...
