Noun
- 1. Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday, feast day, fete day
- usage: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
- 2. grace, blessing, thanksgiving, prayer, petition, orison
- usage: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace"
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