"Sunday best" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Sunday best.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Sunday best (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: Sunday-go-to-meeting, Sunday-best Related terms: endimanched Translations (person's finest clothing): søndagstøj (Danish), zondagse pak [neuter] (Dutch), sunnudagsklæði [neuter, plural] (Faroese), pyhävaatteet [plural] (Finnish), pyhäpuku (Finnish), endimanché [adjective] (French), Sonntagsstaat (German), κυριακάτικα (kyriakátika) [neuter, plural] (Greek), braws [plural] (Scots), endomingado [adjective] (Spanish), söndagskläder [plural] (Swedish)

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