day of days

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Meaning: (idiomatic)A particularlynoteworthyday; the day on which amilestoneor especiallymemorableevent occurs.1850,Edgar Allan Poe,Morella:"It is aday of days," she said, as I approached; "a day of all days either to live or die. . . . I am dying, yet shall I live."1907,Jack London,The Pen: Long Days in a County Penitentiary:At last came theday of days, my release.1940March 11, “Sport: Four Hundred Grand”, inTime, retrieved9 July 2015:It was aday of daysfor California railbirds. Not only was it the day of the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, world's richest horse race, but this was the now-or-never race for doughty old Seabiscuit, darling of U. S. racing fans, Cinderella of the turf.2012September 8,George Vecsey, “Tennis: Rain and Rest Days Spell the End of Super Saturday”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 July 2015:Super Saturday has been the centerpiece of the United States Open for nearly three decades. But thisday of daysis heading toward a multimillion-dollar extreme makeover.; (Christianity,sometimescapitalized)Sunday, especiallyEaster Sunday.1863June 7, “To the Editor: Sunday Railway Excursions”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 July 2015:The residents skirting the line of the Harlem Railroad as far as Croton Falls, were not a little annoyed, last Sunday, by numerous cheap excursion trains. . . . [W]e doubt whether the law gave being to a great corporation for the purpose of tempting men from their homes on theDay of days.2009, Charles G. Fuller,Give Him Time,→ISBN,page107:To be sure, Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ every Sunday, but there is a special place for the celebration we call Easter. It should be approached as theDay of Days.

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