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Meanings of thanksgiving in English

Portuguese
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Catalan
acció de gràcies
Spanish
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A short prayer of thanks before a meal.

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Portuguese
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Catalan
acció de gràcies

An annual one-day American holiday (taking place on the last Thursday of the month of November) to give thanks for the things one has at the close of the harvest season, traditionally celebrated with a turkey feast.

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Usage of thanksgiving in English
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Let us feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving.
Radio NZ
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Goodwife Faulkner was asked to lead us all in prayers of thanksgiving.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
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To Swanson the sighing and whispering wires sang in praise and thanksgiving.
The Lost Road
4
And at his return, a thanksgiving of fifty days should be ordered.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Sylvia sank back in the bed with a great sigh of thanksgiving.
More about Pixie
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Thus, all participated in his joy, and united with him in thanksgiving.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 21: 1573-74
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This is the day appointed by the President for thanksgiving and prayer.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
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So rang forth the notes of humble thanksgiving across the placid sea.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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The oblation of wheat flour signifies faith, prayer, and thanksgiving in hearts.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
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But the practical purpose of the thanksgiving is to be specially noted.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
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She raised her face in thanksgiving to God and went softly out.
Robert Hardy's Seven Days: A Dream and Its Consequences
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How genuine the thanksgiving to the soft skies after an incense-stimulating shower.
Tropic Days
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We gladly join in services of thanksgiving for the blessings of harvest.
The Irish Times
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It was met with widespread thanksgiving, celebration and a lot of noise.
Radio NZ
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Now in love and fond thanksgiving they may loose their pearly tides-
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
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Have a few simple sentences full of thanksgiving, of peace and rest.
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfaction...
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Translations for thanksgiving
Spanish
bendición
Thanksgiving through the time
Thanksgiving across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common