Definition of Week day. Meaning of Week day. Synonyms of Week day

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Definition of Week day

Week day
Week Week, n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik?, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. Weak.] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next. I fast twice in the week. --Luke xviii. 12. Note: Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. --Encyc. Brit. Feast of Weeks. See Pentecost, 1. Prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years. --Dan. ix. 24. Week day. See under Day.

Meaning of Week day from wikipedia

- 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the w****, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the w****. Between the first and third centuries...
- the w**** devoted to labour and rest, respectively. The legal w****days (British English), or workw**** (American English), is the part of the seven-day w****...
- seven-day w**** can be traced back to the Babylonians. Other ancient cultures had different w**** lengths, including ten in Egypt and an eight-day w**** for...
- The Three-Day W**** was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom in 1973–1974 by Edward Heath's Conservative government to conserve electricity...
- The determination of the day of the w**** for any date may be performed with a variety of algorithms. In addition, perpetual calendars require no calculation...
- Wednesday is the day of the w**** between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the w****. In countries...
- encountered the seven-day w**** and for a time attempted to include both. The po****rity of the seven-day rhythm won, and the eight-day w**** disappeared. The...
- intermediate between a compressed 4 day w**** and a 5-day w****: every 2 w****s, a 4-day work-w**** alternates with a 5-day work-w****. The resulting schedule may...
- W****s and Day was an American architectural firm founded in 1916 by architect Charles Peter W****s (1870–1928) and engineer William Peyton Day (1886–1966)...
- eight-hour day (also known as the 40-hour w**** movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing...