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day-dawn

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1650, Thomas Shepard, Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The Doctrine of the Sabbath, London: John Rothwell, Thesis 54, p. 52, [...] Matthew [...] affirms that this Day-light or Day-dawn was the End of the Sabbath.

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Synonyms: dawn

Antonyms: none provided

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