Sunday-best
Worship service attire
Sunday-best refers to one's finest clothing, traditionally reserved for church attendance on Sundays: She put on her Sunday best for the wedding.
The term extends to anything presented in its most polished or impressive form: The town was on its Sunday best for the visiting dignitaries.
Often used with "in" or "on": dressed in their Sunday best.
Matched formal garments
- gownLong formal garment
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- hatGarment for the head
gloves · petticoat · frock · bonnet · waistcoat · cravat · pinafore · starched
Clergy's worship address
- pewWorship hall seating
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- chapelSmall worship room
hymn · minister · prayer · service · parish · vestry · altar · sabbath
Inherited cultural legacy
- customHabitual group practice
- observanceKeeping of customs
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
decorum · old-fashioned · heirloom · generational · ancestry · respectability · formality · convention
Neatly and stylishly dressed
- groomedMade neat and tidy
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- sprucedMade neater, smarter
- neatOrderly, or undiluted
immaculate · presentable · prim · proper · tidy · clean-cut · well-turned-out · smart
Marriage rite and feast
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- funeralService honoring the dead
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
Christmas · reunion · feast · confirmation · graduation · holiday · anniversary · family gathering
suit
Matched formal garments
hat · gloves · petticoat · frock · bonnet · waistcoat · cravat · pinafore · starched · pressed
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- pewWorship hall seating
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
chapel · hymn · minister · prayer · service · parish · vestry · altar · sabbath · mass
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customHabitual group practice
- observanceKeeping of customs
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
propriety · decorum · old-fashioned · heirloom · generational · ancestry · respectability · formality · convention · nostalgia
dapper
Neatly and stylishly dressed
neat · immaculate · presentable · prim · proper · tidy · clean-cut · well-turned-out · smart · crisp
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- funeralService honoring the dead
Easter · Christmas · reunion · feast · confirmation · graduation · holiday · anniversary · family gathering · special occasion
Sunday-besteveryday wear
Ordinary daily clothing
casual wear · work clothes · everyday attire · grubbies · loungewear
Sunday-bestrags
Torn cloth pieces
tatters · old clothes · hand-me-downs · scruffs · beaters
Sunday, best, sun, day, days, sunny, sunnier, sunniest, sunlight