What is "sunday"

Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnand[ae]g; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + d[ae]g day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day.] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.

Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc.

Syn: See Sabbath.

Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical.

Sunday school. See under School.

first day of the week, Old English sunnandæg (Northumbrian sunnadæg), literally "day of the sun," from sunnan, oblique case of sunne "sun" (see sun (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day). A Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies solis "day of the sun," which is itself a loan-translation of Greek hemera heliou. Compare Old Saxon sunnun dag, Old Frisian sunnandei, Old Norse sunnundagr, Dutch zondag, German Sonntag "Sunday."\n

\nIn European Christian cultures outside Germanic often with a name meaning "the Lord's Day" (Latin Dominica). Sunday-school dates from 1783 (originally for secular instruction); Sunday clothes is from 1640s. Sunday driver is from 1925.

v. spend Sunday; "We sundayed in the country"

Sunday is the day of the week following Saturday but before Monday. Sunday is a day of rest in most Western countries, as a part of the weekend.

For most Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship and rest, holding it as the Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection. In some Muslim countries and Israel, Sunday is the first work day of the week. According to the Hebrew calendars and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week. However, according to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601, Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is considered to be '00 or '01. The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday. The rules of the Hebrew calendar are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first, fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (Sunday, Wednesday or Friday).

Sunday was an Australian current affairs, arts and politics program, broadcast nationally on Sunday mornings on the Nine Network Australia. The program covered a range of topical issues including local and overseas news, politics, and in-depth stories on Australia and the world, plus independent film reviews, independent arts features, and independent music reviews. Its final show was aired on Sunday, 3 August 2008.

Sunday is a computer virus, a member of the Jerusalem virus family. It was discovered in November 1989 after a number of simultaneous reports from Seattle, Washington, United States, and surrounding areas. Several other Seattle outbreaks, including AirCop, were later traced to Asia.

Sunday is a current affairs programme broadcast on TV ONE in New Zealand on Sunday nights at . Presented by Miriama Kamo with a team of New Zealand reporters, the programme began when TV ONE did not renew its rights to 60 Minutes which had aired previously in this time slot. The hour-long show usually features two reports from the local reporters and one report from an overseas current affairs programme. The programme's tagline is "Where there's a story we'll find it".

In 2012, the show was reduced to half an hour and moved to a new time slot of 7.00pm due to the New Zealand's Got Talent series. TVNZ also reviewed the future of the show. In May 2014, the show returned to an hour time slot but is now back to half an hour slot.

Sunday is a day of the week.

Sunday may also refer to:

"Sunday" is a song by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in 1998 by record label Geffen as the first and only single from their 10th studio album, A Thousand Leaves.

"Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the fifth single from his 2002 studio album 18. It was released in the UK as a single on February 24, 2003. It features a sample of Sugarhill Records founder Sylvia Robinson's song "Sunday".

The song should not be confused with another Moby song called "Sunday", featured on Play: The B Sides.

Sunday is a 2008 Bollywood mystery comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi and Irfan Khan in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Anukokunda Oka Roju.

Sunday released on 25 January 2008, and received mixed response from critics. It also managed to do average business at the box office worldwide.

“Sunday” is the 81st episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It is the eleventh episode of the show’s fourth season and aired on April 13, 2008. This was the first episode written after the 2007-08 Writers' Strike. The title of this episode comes from the song 'Sunday' from the musical Sunday in the Park With George by Stephen Sondheim.

Sunday is a 1997 independent film. Set in Queens, a borough of New York City, it is a dark comedy about an unemployed, homeless IBM functionary mistaken by an aging actress for famous film director Matthew Delacorta. The film was directed by Jonathan Nossiter. The screenplay is an adaptation by Nossiter and James Lasdun or Lasdun's own short story "Ate, Memos or the Miracle" (published in his collection of stories, Three Evenings). The two would later collaborate again on Signs & Wonders.

Starring David Suchet (who reportedly added 40 pounds for his role), as well as Lisa Harrow and Jared Harris, it was shot on location in Queens and in an active homeless shelter, blending actors and non-actors.

Sunday is a television drama, produced by Sunday Productions for Channel 4 and screened on 25 January 2002. It dramatises the events of " Bloody Sunday" through the eyes of the families of the dead and injured, specifically those of Leo Young, older brother to John Young, who was killed on the day. The timescale covers events in the years prior to Bloody Sunday, and subsequent events up to and including the Widgery Tribunal.

It was written by Jimmy McGovern and directed by Charles McDougall, and the Channel 4 transmission was followed by a live studio debate about the issues involved. It was overshadowed by the rival Bloody Sunday, shown eight days previously by ITV.

While the ITV's Bloody Sunday filmed most of its scenes in Ballymun in Dublin, Sunday filmed the majority of its scenes in Derry itself. Streets and areas where the actual events of Bloody Sunday happened were used by the production team, such as William Street, Creggan, Craigavon Bridge and Harvey Street, where in the now well-known scene of Father Edward Daly (now retired Bishop of Derry) was filmed waving a blood stained handkerchief escorting men carrying one of the victims, Jackie Duddy. It was released on DVD in the UK in February 2007.

Sunday is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Sunday mornings between 7.10am and 7.55am. It features discussions of religious topics, including religious stories currently in the news. Although broadcast on Sunday, the programme does not merely feature Christian stories or perspectives as the programme includes guests from a variety of different religions.

Its chief presenters are Ed Stourton and William Crawley. Previous presenters have included Roger Bolton, Jane Little and Chris Morgan between 1990 and 2009.

"Sunday" is a song by Schiller, with vocals by Despina Vandi. It is the first single and included on the Schiller's album Breathless, the international version of Schiller's album Atemlos. The song is written and produced by both Phoebus and Schiller. It is the second international collaboration between Despina Vandi and German band Schiller. The first one was the song Destiny, in 2008.

"Sunday" is the lead single from Lo-Pro's first studio album Lo-Pro, which was released on September 30, 2003. They released a video for it the following year. It would be the band's first and only single from the album, and the only single the band would produce until almost seven years later, when they released " Alive" in May 2010.

Sunday (Nedjelja) is a 1969 Croatian film directed by Lordan Zafranović.

"Sunday" is a song by English synthpop duo Hurts. It was released on 27 February 2011 as the fourth single from their debut album, Happiness (2010). Despite the moderate chart success, the song received mixed response from critics, who complimented the sound of the song, but criticized the lyrics. Some of them called it flimsy and thought it was bland, and noted that the song has "lack of depth".

Sunday is a Canadian current affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1966 to 1967.

"Sunday" is a mid-tempo alternative song taken from The Cranberries debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. It was released as a promotion single in the USA in 1993, before Island Records decided to opt for a re-release the band's first two European singles, " Dreams" and " Linger" in 1994. No video was recorded for this single and the song did not chart.

"Sunday" is a 1926 song written by Chester Conn, with lyrics by Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, which has become a jazz standard recorded by many artists. The first recording in October 1926 was made by Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra. The tune has been fitted out to various lyrics, but best known in the original version of British-American songwriter Jule Styne: "I'm blue every Monday, thinking over Sunday, that one day that I'm with you"

Jin Bo-ra (born January 12, 1987), better known by her stage name Sunday, is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress. She is member of South Korean girl group The Grace.

Sunday is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Sunday (1862–1935), American baseball player and evangelist
• Dave Sunday (born 1947), Zambian footballer
• David Sunday, Nigerian footballer
• Gabriel Sunday (born 1985), American actor
• Helen Thompson Sunday (1868–1957), American evangelist
• Ibrahim Sunday (born 1950), Ghanaian footballer
• Johnson Sunday (born 1981), Nigerian footballer
• Obaji Sunday (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Patrick Sunday (born 1975), Nigerian footballer
• Stephen Sunday (born 1988), Nigerian-born Spanish footballer