Holydays were instituted by the Church to recall to our minds the great mysteries of religion and the virtues and rewards of the saints.
To hear Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation.
By the third Commandment we are commanded to keep holy the Lord's day and the holydays of obligation, on which we are to give our time to the service and worship of God.
We should keep theholydays of obligation as we should keep the Sunday.
How are we to worship God on Sundays and holydays of obligation?
We are to worship God on Sundays and holydays of obligation by hearing Mass, by prayer, and by other good works.
The holydays are made a jubilee, or rather resemble the Saturnalia.
When Dominick returned to school after theseholydays were over, Mr. Owen ap Jones, who now found that the Irish boy had an English protector with a living in his gift, changed his tone.
The midsummer holydays approached; but he feared that they would shine no holydays for him.
Twice in the world's history, as I have noted in the chapter on Holydays and Holidays, dramatic literature has developed out of religious ceremonials.
Humanity is deeply indebted for the breaks in the routine of labor which came as the result of the institution of Church holydays of various kinds and especially for the Sundays.
We know now how wise, from a human and merely natural as well as the divine and spiritual aspect was the insertion of holydays in the year.
All together there were some thirty of these Holydays of Obligation, that is one extra day every two weeks and a little more than that was a holiday, on which no work was done.
The feast days of the Twelve Apostles, for instance, were twelve holydays of obligation with no work, and then there were of course nearly another dozen important celebrations in honor of the Lord.
On all the Sundays and holydays men rose to attend services and usually spent some hours in this occupation.
Various societies associated with religion in one way or another organized the recreations for the afternoon of the holydays or for the vigils or eves of the great festivals, on which there was no work done after the vesper hour.
All the Holydays of Obligation, so-called, were days of rest.
One of the awful things that happened in the social order in modern history was the obliteration of these holydays shortly after the Reformation.
During the high holydays the Paris clubrooms presented a remarkable mingling of Jewish soldiers of all the allied armies.
The most intense moment for us chaplains had come during the high holydays when feeling was most profound and suspense at its deepest and when, in addition, we had to carry the burden almost unaided.
Voorsanger, who was there temporarily detached from the 77th Division to arrange for the celebration of the Jewish holydays throughout France.
We had to conduct Jewish religious services for both holydays and ordinary seasons, to assist the dying Jew, and to pray for him at his grave.
When I arrived in France, Chaplain Voorsanger was stationed at Chaumont for the time being, to take charge of the arrangements for the Jewish holydays of 1918.
My assignment came very soon to organize and conduct services for the Jewish holydays at Nevers, headquarters of the Intermediate Section, Service of Supply.
This summer I shall stay in town, and work at my trade, till I make some Holydays for my Bath excursion.
When I was flattered with a distant hope of a seat at the boards of customs or excise, I was told that I need not work above five days in the week, and that I should sometimes enjoy the respite of Holydays and Vacations.
But Holydays are scarce things with me, and the Laws of attendance are getting stronger and stronger at Leadenhall.
The emperor arrived at Mans three days after, and kept the {106} Christmas holydays with him.
In this year the first night of the holydays fell upon the Sabbath, and the apartment presented a beautiful appearance, with the lighted candles, the bright glass, and the spotless purity of the linen.
While the preparations for the meal were being made by Prissy, who wore a new frock for the holydays and was as clean as a new pin, an animated conversation went on.
The Christian Year: thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year .
Example: If a person has neglected inquiry aboutholydays of obligation, and through his own neglect believes that Good Friday is a holyday, he does not sin by attending the services that day.
They have constantly been fed by our miserable news from America, and the Session after the holydays will be taken up by Committees on the state of the Nation, Enquiries into the conduct of Ministers and Generals, &c.
Yes, yes, I am safe enough in town, and so comfortably in mine own dear Library, and mine own dear Parlour, that I thought I might as well give myself a few Holydays from any Epistolary cares.
DEAR MADAM, Nothing has given me for a long while more real uneasiness than the doubt, which I am now obliged to express, whether it will be in my power to pass my Holydays at Bath.
On holydays an immense candle is put in this candlestick and lighted.
On Sundays andholydays the "Sweet Waters" of Europe are much frequented.
On Sundays and holydays the shops containing wares and provisions, and the meat and poultry stalls, are opened in the same way as on a week-day.
I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good onholydays is good for very little.
I want in particular the Dramatic Extracts, as my purpose is to make use of the remainder of my holydays in completing them at the British Museum, which will be employment & money in the end.
My master as well as myself, supposed it was to spend the holydays there; and he, therefore, made no objection to my going.
He had induced many of his schoolfellows to spend the Sundays and holydaysin prayer, and to apply themselves more fervently to the practice of good works.
The chief enjoyment of my holydays was to escape with a chosen friend, who had the same taste with myself, and alternately to recite to each other such wild adventures as we were able to devise.
Sidney is spending the Christmas holydays with me, and as the day was fine we thought we would visit you.
When the holydays were approaching, and the strict discipline usually maintained among the pupils was somewhat relaxed, these outbreaks became more numerous, insomuch that lessons were carelessly omitted, or left unlearned.
Large black wooden studs in the lobe of the ear are on high days and holydays replaced by masses of silver or pewter, resembling a pile of hand-grenades, or the teething rattles employed in nurseries.
The ancient liturgy and the ancient holydays were thus restored, and the celebration of the Jewish Sabbath once again permitted.
He seemed suddenly to have friends: he never passed his holydays again at school.
Coningsby had frequently passed his holydays of late at Beaumanoir, the seat of the Duke, Lord Henry's father.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holydays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
