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ST JOHN'S DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does St John's Day mean? 

ST JOHN'S DAY (noun)
  The noun ST JOHN'S DAY has 1 sense:

1. a quarter day in England, Wales, and Irelandplay

  Familiarity information: ST JOHN'S DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ST JOHN'S DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

June 24; Midsummer's Day; Midsummer Day; St John's Day

Hypernyms ("St John's Day" is a kind of...):

quarter day (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)

Holonyms ("St John's Day" is a part of...):

June (the month following May and preceding July)


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