Bible Dictionaries
Thanksgiving
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
(2):
(n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thanksgiving'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/thanksgiving.html. 1828.