Lord's day and Sunday

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Lord's day noun - First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.

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Sunday and Lord's day are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sunday" instead a noun phrase "Lord's day".

Sunday noun - First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.

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Lord's day and Sunday are semantically related. You can use "Lord's day" instead a noun "Sunday".

They have numbered week days, and Saturday is either "sabado" (Sabbath) or "lauapäev" (cleansing day) and Sunday is "domingo" and "pühapaev" (Lord's Day) respectively.

Source: Alternative Calendar
Latin once had a Saturn-related word, but for whatever reasons, it didn't stick, since its descendants name the day after Sabbath, which was formerly held on Saturday before it changed to Sunday to coincide with the Lord's Day (it's still on Saturday in Judaism).

Source: Religious and Mythological Theme Naming
Christians moved their sabbath from Saturday to Sunday because Sunday (or, as early Christians would also call it, the Lord's Day) was the day of Christ's resurrection - as can be seen in that the Russian word for "Sunday" is "Resurrection" (Voskresenye).

Source: Older Than They Think / Other

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