Lord's Day

Weekly worship day

Lord's Day is a Christian term for Sunday, the day set aside for worship and rest commemorating Christ's resurrection.

The phrase appears in religious contexts and older legal language, as in blue laws restricting commerce on the Lord's Day.

They observe the Lord's Day by attending services and avoiding work.

worship

church

Place of Christian worship

EucharistSacramental bread and wine
sermonClergy's worship address
congregationAssembled group of worshippers

liturgy · communion · hymns · prayer · scripture · Bible · altar · clergy · pastor · minister

rest

repose

Peaceful stillness or calm

relaxationState of being unwound
leisureFree time for relaxation
respiteShort pause from hardship

recreation · abstinence · cessation · blue laws · prohibition · restriction · stillness · quietude · peace · reflection

sacred

sanctified

Made sacred through blessing

holyDedicated to the divine
blessedReceiving divine favor
consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual

hallowed · reverent · divine · spiritual · devout · pious · venerated · sabbath · commandment · observance

Categories

SabbathShabbat, Shabbos, Sabbath rest, Sabbath observance, keeping the Sabbath
CovenantersKirk, Presbyterianism, covenanting, hillmen, wanderers
Presbyterianpresbytery, session, Westminster Confession, General Assembly, moderator
Reformed ChristianityCalvinist, Calvinism, predestination, Westminster Confession, John Calvin

Opposites

sacred vs. secular time

Lord's Dayworkday

Standard labor period

working day · weekday · business day · market day · Monday

religious tradition

Lord's DayShabbat

Jewish day of rest

Sabbath · Friday prayers

Family

day, daily, today, days, midday, landlord, lords, Sunday, lordly

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