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Day Lewis, C.
(Encyclopedia) Day Lewis, C. (Cecil Day Lewis), 1904–72, English author, b. Ireland. While he was still at Oxford, he became associated with a group of leftist poets led by W. H. Auden. After…All Souls' Day
(Encyclopedia) All Souls' Day, Nov. 2 (exceptionally, Nov. 3), feast of the Roman Catholic Church on which the church on earth prays for the souls of the faithful departed still suffering in…All Saints' Day
(Encyclopedia) All Saints' Day, feast of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and day on which churches glorify God for all God's saints, known and unknown. It is celebrated on Nov. 1 in the…Julian Day calendar
(Encyclopedia) Julian Day calendar, system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their uneven months…John Day Dam
(Encyclopedia) John Day Dam, 219 ft (67 m) high and 5,640 ft (1,719 m) long, on the Columbia River between Oregon and Wash.; built between 1959 and 1968 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is an…Lewis, Cecil Day
(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Cecil Day: see Day Lewis, Cecil.eight-hour day
(Encyclopedia) eight-hour day: see labor law.Atonement, Day of
(Encyclopedia) Atonement, Day of: see Yom Kippur.Ben Day process
(Encyclopedia) Ben Day, or Benday, process: see printing.Seventh-day Adventists
(Encyclopedia) Seventh-day Adventists: see Adventists.