Definition of Midsummer day

1. Noun. A quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.

Exact synonyms: June 24, Midsummer's Day, St John's Day
Generic synonyms: Quarter Day
Group relationships: June

Definition of Midsummer day

1. Noun. 24th June, an English quarter day. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midsummer Day

Midi-Pyrenees
Midi-Pyrénées
Midianite
Midianites
Midianitish
Midir
Midlander
Midlanders
Midlands
Midlothian
Midrash
Midrashic
Midrashim
Midsummer's Day
Midsummer Day
Midsummer Eve
Midsummer Night
Midway Islander
Midway Islands
Midwest
Midwestern
Midwesterner
Midwesterners
Mien
Mies Van Der Rohe
Miescher
Miescher's elastoma
Miescher's granuloma

Literary usage of Midsummer day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Election of sheriffs on Midsummer-day. Chief Justice North attend?. Lord Mayor summoned before the council. for the election of their successors, ..."

2. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Where to be on a Midsummer-day.—Midsummer by Lake Siljan. ... There are no parts of Scandinavia where the midsummer-day is more interesting than on the ..."

3. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Many a fisherman of the Elbe knows better than to launch his boat and trust himself to the treacherous river on midsummer day. And Samland fishermen will ..."

4. Some Longer Elizabethan Poems by Arthur Henry Bullen (1903)
"... one of the five ordinary Messengers of Her Majesty's Chamber : who departed from Tower Wharf, on midsummer day last^past, with ANDREW HILL and WILLIAM ..."

5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"-aika time round midsummer day; ... -Juhla midsummer day; feast of St. John the Baptist, -kokko 1. -tuli Midsummer eve bonfire, ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1888)
"NETHERWOOD BARN: A TRAGEDY OF midsummer day. BY BENJAMIN SCOTT. IN the heart of Worcestershire, about midway between Droitwich and Spetchley, lies the small ..."

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