"lifeday" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌɪfdeɪ/ [UK] Forms: lifedays [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lif-day; equivalent to life + day. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lif-day}} Middle English lif-day, {{compound|en|life|day}} life + day Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifeday (plural lifedays)
  1. (now rare, archaic) A day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime. Tags: archaic Synonyms: life-day
    Sense id: en-lifeday-en-noun-KiZQ~C9t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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