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A religious festival.

or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome. The pleasure of the Circensian shows. Holyday.

iversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

s, to keep a feast. I went with them to the house of God . . . with a multitude that kept holyday. Ps. xlii. 4. To keep at arm's length. See under Arm, n. -- To keep back. (a) To reserve; to withhold. "I will keep nothing back from you." Jer. xlii. 4. (b) To restrain; to hold back. "Keep back thy servant also from pre…

To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power." Holyday.

undred pence, and the other fifty. Bible (1551). A son owes help and honor to his father. Holyday.

horized to make a tour of inspection. "The . . . bounds of his own perambulation." [Obs.] Holyday.

Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] Holyday.

Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of a linen vesture." Holyday.

munion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. Holyday.

Rotation, as in office; succession. Holyday.

; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday.

nferiority of rank or dignity; subjection. Natural creature having a local subordination. Holyday.

Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.