Holiday

(Sometimes written holy - day.) [ Holy and day. A holy or sacred day; a day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a religious anniversary; a public festival; as, the holidays of the Church. - A day of carnival, or of joy, gayety, or amusement; a day of exemption from labor. a. Pertaining, or having reference to a day of festivity, or ce ation of labor; gay; sprightly; as, the people are in holiday costume. "Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue."-Dryden. Holigar'na, n. ( Bot . ) A genus of plants, order Ana cardiaceæ. The fruits of the species H. long i folia , with those of another plant of the same order, furnish the black varnish of Sylhet, which is much used in India for lacquer-work. See SEMI CARPUS. Ho'lily, adv . [From holy . In a holy manner: devotionally piously; with sanctity. Inviolably; sacredly; hermetically; as, the secret was kept holily .