"day of days" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-day of days.ogg [Australia] Forms: days of days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|days of days}} day of days (plural days of days)
  1. (idiomatic) A particularly noteworthy day; the day on which a milestone or especially memorable event occurs. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: red-letter day
    Sense id: en-day_of_days-en-noun-YKdy4N9l
  2. (Christianity, sometimes capitalized) Sunday, especially Easter Sunday. Tags: capitalized, sometimes Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-day_of_days-en-noun-iKKSiE9b Categories (other): English cognate expressions, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English cognate expressions: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89 Topics: Christianity

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