Good Friday
noun /ˌɡʊd ˈfraɪdeɪ/, /ˌɡʊd ˈfraɪdi/
/ˌɡʊd ˈfraɪdeɪ/, /ˌɡʊd ˈfraɪdi/
[uncountable, countable]- the Friday before Easter, the day when Christians remember the Crucifixion of Christ (= when Jesus Christ was killed by being fastened to a cross)Topics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom good, in the sense ‘holy, observed as a holy day’.