legal holiday
noun
: a holiday established by legal authority and marked by restrictions on work and transaction of official business
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web President Ronald Reagan signed King’s birthday into federal law in 1983, but by 1990, Montana, New Hampshire and Arizona still had not made the day a legal holiday. 
Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a legal holiday. Gregory Burnett, cleveland, 21 June 2022 The City Council will work with Mayor Luke Bronin’s administration to create an ordinance that establishes Juneteenth as a legal holiday in Hartford. Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2022 Congress passed a law to mark Nov. 11 as a legal holiday in 1938. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021 Under state law, a legal holiday that falls on a Saturday is still observed on Saturday, while Sunday holidays are observed the following Monday. BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021 In 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations on Nov. 11, making Armistice Day a legal holiday. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2021 City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday. Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2021 The Labor Department says by 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday, and President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. Craig Harris, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2021 See More
Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a legal holiday. Gregory Burnett, cleveland, 21 June 2022 The City Council will work with Mayor Luke Bronin’s administration to create an ordinance that establishes Juneteenth as a legal holiday in Hartford. Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2022 Congress passed a law to mark Nov. 11 as a legal holiday in 1938. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021 Under state law, a legal holiday that falls on a Saturday is still observed on Saturday, while Sunday holidays are observed the following Monday. BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021 In 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations on Nov. 11, making Armistice Day a legal holiday. Carol Kovach, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2021 City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday. Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2021 The Labor Department says by 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday, and President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. Craig Harris, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
legal holiday
noun
as in holy day
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- holy day
- interim
- feast
- interval
- rest
- relaxation
- intermission
- idling
- liberty
- vacation
- respite
- lounging
- slacking
- loafing
- furlough
- holiday
- sabbatical
- breather
- leave
- break
- recess
- hols
