| has gloss | (noun) authorized by law and limiting work or official business
legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday |
| has gloss | eng: A public holiday, national holiday or legal holidays is a holiday generally established by law and it designates a non-working day during the year. |
| lexicalization | eng: legal holiday |
| lexicalization | eng: national holiday |
| lexicalization | eng: public holiday |
| subclass of | (noun) a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
holiday |
| has subclass | (noun) the first day of the year
New Year's, January 1, New Year's Day |
| has subclass | (noun) observed on the Monday closest to January 15
Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday |
| has subclass | (noun) the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
Presidents' Day |
| has subclass | (noun) legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
Decoration Day, Memorial Day |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal holiday in the United States
Fourth of July, July 4, Independence Day |
| has subclass | (noun) first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
Labor Day |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
October 12, Discovery Day, Columbus Day |
| has subclass | (noun) a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas |
| has subclass | (noun) first weekday after Christmas
Boxing Day |
| has subclass | (noun) any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
bank holiday |
| has subclass | (noun) British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
Commonwealth Day, May 24, Empire day |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
Dominion Day, July 1 |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
Bastille Day, 14 July |
| has subclass | (noun) a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
November 11, Veterans' Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day |
| has subclass | (noun) fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving |
| has subclass | (noun) a public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th
Victoria Day |