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****...
- Ancient cultures had different "w****" lengths, including ten in Egypt and an eight-day w**** for Etruscans. The Etruscan w**** was adopted by the Ancient Romans...
- 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...
- 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...
- falls within Administrative Professionals W**** (the last full w**** of April in the United States). The day recognizes the work of secretaries, administrative...
- 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...
- w**** rather than the more customary five. This arrangement can be a part of flexible working hours, and is sometimes used to cut costs. The four-day w****...
- engaged in Earth Day W**** actions, an entire w**** of activities focused on the environmental issues that the world faces. On Earth Day 2020, over 100 million...
- 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)...