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Dey followSaturday Edit
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Sunday (Latin: dies solis wey dey mean "day of de sun") be de day of de week between Saturday den Monday. Sunday be a day of rest insyd chaw Western countries den a part of de weekend. Insyd sam Middle Eastern countries, Sunday be a weekday.[1]

For chaw Christians, dem dey observe Sunday as a day of worship den rest, dey hold am as de Lord's Day;[2] insyd de United States, Canada, Japan, as well as insyd parts of South America, Sunday be de first day of de week.[3] According to de Islamic calendar, Hebrew calendar den traditional calendars (wey dey include Christian calendars) Sunday be de first day of de week; Quaker Christians dey bell Sunday de "first day" in accordance plus dema testimony of simplicity.[4][5] De International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601, wich dey base insyd Switzerland, dey bell Sunday de seventh day of de week.[6][7]

Astrology

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Sunday be associated plus de Sun wey ebe symbolized by de symbol ☉.

References

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  1. ↑ National, The (2021-12-07). "Which countries have a Friday-Saturday weekend?". The National (in English). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Sunday | Rest, Worship, Reflection | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in English). Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  3. ↑ Lyons, Gabrielle (17 August 2019). "Sunday Vs Monday: Which day do you consider the start of the week?" (in English). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Lapsansky, Emma Jones (26 January 2003). Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, 1720-1920 (in English). University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8122-3692-7.
  5. ↑ "Bible (King James)/Matthew - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  6. ↑ "ISO 8601-1:2019(en) Date and time — Representations for information interchange — Part 1: Basic rules". www.iso.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Monday shall be identified as calendar day [1] of any calendar week, and subsequent calendar days of the same calendar week shall be numbered in ascending sequence to Sunday (calendar day [7])." Further discussion: UK National Physical Laboratory: "Which is the first day of the week? And which is week 1 of the year? (FAQ - Time)": |http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/time-frequency/time/faqs/which-is-the-first-day-of-the-week-and-which-is-week-1-of-the-year-(faq-time) (Archive here: https://archive.today/20160716145156/http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/time-frequency/time/faqs/which-is-the-first-day-of-the-week-and-which-is-week-1-of-the-year-(faq-time)

Sources

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  • Barnhart, Robert K. (1995). The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-270084-7

Read further

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  • Bacchiocchi, Samuele. From Sabbath to Sunday: a historical investigation of the rise of Sunday observance in early Christianity (Pontifical Gregorian University, 1977)
  • Cotton, John Paul. From Sabbath to Sunday: a study in early Christianity (1933)
  • Kraft, Robert A. "Some Notes on Sabbath Observance in Early Christianity." Andrews University Seminary Studies (1965) 3: 18–33. online
  • Land, Gary. Historical Dictionary of the Seventh-day Adventists (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014)
  • González, Justo. "A Brief History of Sunday: From the New Testament to the New Creation" (Eerdmans, 2017)
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