ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Loveday

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈlʌvdeɪ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Loveday is a noun meaning (now historical) A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.

Meaning

(now historical) A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.

More Meanings

  1. (chiefly poetic) A day devoted to love.

Example Sentences

In our period, all the people of England made lovedays, from the richest to the poorest.
legal records cannot provide consistent evidence about lovedays because they were, strictly speaking, outside their terms of reference[…].

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Related dictionary entries include gangday, daye, daie, dayer, daymeal, welladay.

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