Phrase guide

Sunday best

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, roast-meat clothes

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sunday

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sunday clothes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finery

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: søndagstøj — person's finest clothing
  • Dutch: zondagse pak — person's finest clothing
  • Faroese: sunnudagsklæði — person's finest clothing
  • Finnish: pyhävaatteet — person's finest clothing
  • Finnish: pyhäpuku — person's finest clothing
  • French: endimanché — person's finest clothing
  • French: son trente-et-un — person's finest clothing
  • German: Sonntagsstaat — person's finest clothing
  • Greek: κυριακάτικα (kyriakátika) — person's finest clothing
  • Polish: ubranie wyjściowe — person's finest clothing
  • Scots: braws — person's finest clothing
  • Spanish: endomingado — person's finest clothing
  • Swedish: söndagskläder — person's finest clothing