SUNDAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sunday mean? 

• SUNDAY (noun)
  The noun SUNDAY has 2 senses:

1. first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

2. United States evangelist (1862-1935)

  Familiarity information: SUNDAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNDAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday

Hypernyms ("Sunday" is a kind of...):

day of rest; rest day (a day set aside for rest)

Holonyms ("Sunday" is a part of...):

weekend (a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States evangelist (1862-1935)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Billy Sunday; Sunday; William Ashley Sunday

Instance hypernyms:

evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist (a preacher of the Christian gospel)

 Context examples 

“Druther break cayuses any day, and twice on Sundays,” was the reply of the driver, as he climbed on the wagon and started the horses.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It was not on that evening; but, as I well remember, on the next evening but one, which was a Sunday; that I took Agnes to see Dora.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I had a letter from Arthur, written on Sunday, and from it I gather that he is bearing up wonderfully well.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

What is the best time to call? The afternoon? —not too close to meal-time? Or the evening? Or Sunday?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

As tomorrow is Sunday, Eleanor, I shall not return.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She came away from Marlborough Buildings only on Sunday; and she it was who told me you were to marry Mr Elliot.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Of the three days, Sunday evening will sparkle brightest.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I come here and prayed, nows and thens, when I thought maybe a Sunday would be about doo.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This slight upon my best Sunday suit brought a flush to my mother’s cheeks, which my uncle instantly observed, for he was quick in noticing trifles.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They reached Mansfield on Thursday, and it was not till Sunday evening that Edmund began to talk to her on the subject.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)